Matt Bevin

“I was, as president and chairman of the board, required by law to verify the veracity of the financial figures, the assets under management, the number of outstanding shares, et cetera.”

“There are quite enough sheep already - be a shepherd: be somebody who's bold and who leads.”

“It's a question of whether or not we the people are still in charge. And by 'we the people,' I mean, is this truly a government of and by and for the people.”

“I am a believer in smaller government, limited government, less regulation, less taxes, because I think to have more of those things, we suffocate the entrepreneurial spirit of this nation.”

“I have nine children. Four of my children are adopted. We talk about those who have nothing. My children started with nothing, some of them.”

“If you've ever questioned your faith, you're going to question it when you are burying your own children.”

“I like Ben Carson.”

“People aren't suckers. Some are, perhaps. But most people inside know when we're being lied to.”

“I have no tax delinquency problem, nor have I ever.”

“I have 9 children; I'm a big believer in childhood education, but we've got to be smart about getting a good return on the investment of those dollars.”

“Criminalizing behavior, if it's part of the heritage of this state, is in my opinion a bad idea.”

“I want us to be able to fight ideologically, mentally, spiritually, economically, so that we don't have to do it physically.”

“I believe in forgiveness, I believe in second chances, and I believe we should find a way to restore the Second Amendment rights to people who are qualified and have shown themselves qualified to have those rights restored to them.”

“There are no taxes that are unpaid, nor were there any taxes that I was responsible for that didn't get paid.”

“I am not, and have never been, a supporter of cockfighting or any other forms of animal cruelty.”

“There are stark, stark contrasts between myself and Jack Conway.”

“The Medicaid expansion enacted under Obamacare is unaffordable for the taxpayers of Kentucky and should be repealed.”

“It's nonsense. If, in fact, putting one out of four people in the state of Kentucky on Medicaid created 12,000 jobs and $30 billion in economic prosperity, why wouldn't we put every single person in the state of Kentucky on Medicaid? We'd create 48,000 jobs by that logic and $120 billion worth of economic advantage.”

“I have no favors to pay back.”

“People are hungry for someone who is real. They are hungry for something that is not the same plastic nonsense that has cause us to have such little respect for our political process and our political officials.”