Scott Walker

“People like Hillary Clinton think you grow the economy by growing Washington.”

“But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs.”

“I think in the end the big issue is that the private sector still needs more help. And the answer is not more big government. I know in my state our reforms allowed us to protect firefighters, police officers, and teachers.”

“I'd like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. I'd like to have an impact.”

“You can make tough decisions that I believe voters for years have asked us to do.”

“We are leading from behind under the Obama-Clinton doctrine - America's a great country. We need to stand up and start leading again, and we need to have allies, not just in Israel, but throughout the Persian Gulf.”

“Like many places across the country, Wisconsin lost more than 100,000 jobs from 2008 to 2010. Unemployment during that time topped out at over 9%.”

“We'll look to the fall and if there is a new president and a new Senate that's part of a Congress willing to change, that's the next step.”

“A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.”

“I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that.”

“Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today. That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans.”

“You've got to have a vision. You've got to have a message.”

“People create jobs, not the government.”

“I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.'”

“It's time to put our differences aside and find ways to work together to move Wisconsin forward.”

“There is international criminal organizations penetrating our southern based borders, and we need to do something about it. Secure the border, enforce the law, no amnesty, and go forward with the legal immigration system that gives priority to American working families and wages.”

“One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people - and not the other way around.”

“The voters in Wisconsin elected me last year for the third time because they wanted someone who aimed high, not aimed low. Before I came in, the unemployment rate was over eight percent. It's now down to 4.6 percent.”

“Let this be our time in history so that someday we can tell our children and grandchildren that we were there, that we changed the course of history for the better.”

“I still remember, as a kid, tying a yellow ribbon around a tree in front of my house during the 444 days that Iran held 52 Americans hostage. Iran is not a place we should be doing business with.”