Quotes by 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, its by making it more like a consumer-driven market.

The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.

I dont 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.

This is the America that I love. This is a great people. We can do anything. We can achieve anything. Weve got a government that has gotten in the way of the American people. Were going to change that in November.

Its opportunity. Its opportunity, not a check from government - its opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.

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.

Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution.

Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.

You cant continue to have higher education tuition grow at a multiple of the rate of inflation.

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.

Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

As a little boy, I wanted to be a policeman. And then as I got older, and I saw my dad in the car business, an automobile executive.

I love cars; I like the idea of manufacturing something, having a product, a hard product to sell and promote, but as time went on, I recognized that car companies are so bureaucratic and so ossified that it would take forever to work your way up. And so I went into consulting.

My dad was phenomenal. Born in Mexico, lived poor, didnt graduate from college, and becomes head of a car company and then governor of a state. I cant imagine I would have ever thought about running for office had I not seen my dad do it.

I like American cars. And I would do nothing to hurt the U.S. auto industry.

Whats at the heart of my faith is a belief that theres a creator. That were all children of the same God. And that, fundamentally, the relationship you have with your spouse is important and eternal.

I just think the most important aspect in being able to have a productive relationship between the teachers unions and the districts and the states that theyre dealing with is that the person sitting across the table from them should not have received the largest campaign contributions from the teachers union itself.

American official policy is that Egypt is an ally of the United States. Of course, we recognize that Egypt has gone through a dramatic change in government. And what their status will be going forward in terms of the relationship with our nation is something which which Im sure will be developing over time.

Our relationship with Egypt is very, very important. And I would want them to remain an ally. I dont want to see that official status change.

Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it.