We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.
I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor – that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.
A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.
You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down – Abraham Lincoln said it.
I worry about America. For the first time in my lifetime, I’m worried about us, i’m worried about how our values to some degree have been eroded, of personal responsibility and compassion and teamwork. I worry about it, I worry about the fact that we’re so divided.
I’m not a plotter or a schemer. I’m a guy that looks at problems and tries to solve them, which I have done all of my career, creating jobs in Washington, creating jobs in Ohio.
Guess what? I just went to a wedding of a friend of mine who happens to be gay.
If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don’t operate in the dark, I operate in the light.