Herman Cain

“I was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. As you know, there are twelve banks and they have their citizens board, and I got elected to the Fed Chairmanship for the Federal Reserve Kansas City Bank back in the mid-'90s. It might have been 1995-'96.”

“I do not believe abortion should be legal.”

“Polls are inaccurate in my opinion, based upon anecdotal evidence, based upon people that I know.”

“If I had been under ObamaCare, and a beaurocrat had been trying to tell me when I could get that CT scan, that would have delayed my treatment. I was able to get the treatment as fast as I could based upon my timetable, and not the government's timetable. That's what saved my life.”

“I think that taxes would be fair if we first get rid of the tax code. This is the ultimate solution, not to just say we're going to trim around the edges, not to say that we will try to simplify a little of this and a little of that. The problem is, replace the tax code, so we can establish tax fairness for everybody.”

“My approach to cutting spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board cut of all federal agencies, and then ask each of my new agency heads to find another ten percent by drilling down. That's what you do in business to come up with approximately 20 percent cuts for the first fiscal year budget.”

“Just call me Mr. Cain. And in 2013, they can call me Mr. President.”

“I've never sexually harassed anyone, and yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association.”

“Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it.”

“It's time to get real, folks. Hope and change ain't working. Hope and change is not a solution. Hope and change is not a job.”

“And I'm here to tell you, the reaction that I'm getting around the country, people are sick and tired of this word in Washington, compromise. This is why nothing ever gets done.”

“I used to vote Democrat.”

“My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including Mitt Romney. So, when you take the social media and you take the Tea Party citizens movement, you have a combination there that, quite frankly, 10 years ago, I wouldn't have had a chance.”

“If the world market believed that we were serious about energy independence and we were going to utilize all of our own existing resources, the speculators would stop speculating up they start speculating down as we get our own oil out of the ground.”

“Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that workin' for you?”

“I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver, and I believe we should cut the salaries of senators and congressmen 10 percent until they balance the budget. I call that conservative common sense.”

“We need responsible regulations, not regulations that have gone wild. For example, the EPA has a rule that is going to be implemented Jan. 1, 2012, where they're going to begin to regulate dust. That's right, dust. It's called PM 2.5. That is focusing on the wrong thing.”

“It's not about me, it's about the grandkids. That's what a lot of people don't understand about what Herman is up to.”

“This whole notion that all African-Americans are not going to vote for Obama is not necessarily true. I believe a third would vote for me, based on my own anecdotal feedback. Not vote for me because I'm black but because of my policies.”

“People who oppose Obama are said to be racists - so I guess I'm a racist.”