Mitt Romney quotes

“Our economy is on the move and we are creating thousands of new jobs, but we need to keep our foot on the gas pedal.”

— Mitt Romney

“People of different faiths, like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are so many differences in creed and theology. Surely the answer is that we can meet in service, in shared moral convictions about our nation stemming from a common worldview.”

— Mitt Romney

“President Obama instituted the most anti-growth, anti-investment, anti-jobs measures that we have seen in our lifetime. Now he called his agenda ambitious, I call it reckless.”

— Mitt Romney

“President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family.”

— Mitt Romney

“Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples - where I'm pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping; The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised.”

— Mitt Romney

“The principles that made this nation a great and powerful leader of the world, have not lost their meaning. They never will. We know we can bring this country back. I'm Mitt Romney. I believe in America. And I'm running for president of the United States.”

— Mitt Romney

“The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation.”

— Mitt Romney

“The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like the post office, it's by making it more like a consumer-driven market.”

— Mitt Romney

“Third, we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences.”

— Mitt Romney

“What you believe, what you value, how you live, matters.”

— Mitt Romney

“When sperm and egg unite, something goes from inanimate to animate. It is life.”

— Mitt Romney

“You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.”

— Mitt Romney

“A competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us and we will win.”

— Mitt Romney

“And that's how it is in America. We look to our communities, our faiths, our families for our joy, our support, in good times and bad. It is both how we live our lives and why we live our lives.”

— Mitt Romney

“At a time when nobody thought we'd ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana. Today Steel Dynamics is one of the largest steel producers in the United States.”

— Mitt Romney

“Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life.”

— Mitt Romney

“Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger government and less trade with other nations.”

— Mitt Romney

“Even though I love solar and love wind, like most people do, I like the renewable sources, they alone are not going to get America energy independent.”

— Mitt Romney

“For those who have come here illegally, they might have a transition time to allow them to set their affairs in order. And then go back home and get in line with everybody else. And if they get in line and they apply to become a citizen and get a green card, they will be treated like everybody else.”

— Mitt Romney

“Fourth, to assure every entrepreneur and every job creator that their investments in America will not vanish as have those in Greece, we will cut the deficit and put America on track to a balanced budget.”

— Mitt Romney

“I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.”

— Mitt Romney

“I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.”

— Mitt Romney

“I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world.”

— Mitt Romney

“I know what it's like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. I know how government kills jobs and, yes, I know how it can help from time- to-time.”

— Mitt Romney

“I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.”

— Mitt Romney

“I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of a opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises.”

— Mitt Romney

“I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.”

— Mitt Romney

“If I am elected President, the Castro regime will have no reason to doubt our unwavering commitment to your cause. The regime will feel the full weight of American resolve.”

— Mitt Romney

“If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.”

— Mitt Romney

“If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. You take a look!”

— Mitt Romney