Mitt Romney

The number one national security threat, of course, to our nation is a nuclear Iran.

The country is in need of a turnaround. The Olympics was a turnaround. There were businesses I've been associated with that needed a turnaround. That kind of experience, of focusing on the most critical issue, building the most effective…

I still believe that the Second Amendment is the right course to preserve and defend and don't believe that new laws are going to make a difference in this type of tragedy.

Each one of us will hold our kids a little closer, linger a bit longer with a colleague or a neighbor, reach out to a family member or friend. We will all spend a little less time thinking about the worries of our day and more time…

To say something like that is not just foolishness. It's insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator in America.

They announced early on, one of their insiders said their campaign was going to be based upon the strategy of -- quote -- "kill Romney" -- end of quote. That's what they're doing. It's disgusting. It's demeaning. It's something which I…

Ann and I were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Alex Okrent. Prayers are with Alex's loved ones and the entire Obama campaign team.

But there's a difference between being a shareholder, an owner, if you will, and being a person who's running an entity. And I had no role whatsoever in managing Bain Capital after February 1999.

This is all an effort on the part of the president's campaign to divert attention from the fact that the president has been a failure when it comes to reigniting America's economy.

These kinds of attacks from his campaign are simply - completely out of character, from what we'd expect from the president. It's beneath his dignity.

Is that really what's expected from the campaign of the sitting president of the United States, of the Republican nominee of his party? I mean, is this the level that the Obama campaign is willing to stoop to?

There's no question but that his campaign is putting out information which is false and deceptive and dishonest and they know it and they ought to stop.

I want this to be a campaign about the direction for America. And about who can get America working again.

And by the way, this is all an effort on the part of the president's campaign to divert attention from the fact that the president has been a failure when it comes to reigniting America's economy.

It's beneath his dignity.

I think what the president is doing is terribly destructive to the political process and be -- beneath what the people of America expected from someone who said he was going to rise above partisan politics.

There -- there's no question but that his campaign is putting out information which is false and deceptive and dishonest.

The most recent attacks are really off target. And I think they know that.

Well, the most recent attacks are really off target. And I think they know that.

I'm going to eliminate every nonessential expensive program I can find. That includes Obamacare.

If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you're looking at him.

I spoke with a number of African-American leaders after the event and they said, you know, a lot of folks do not want to say they will not vote for President Obama but they are disappointed in his lack of policies to improve our schools…

It's the ultimate conservative idea which is that people have responsibility for their own care and they don't look to government to take care of them if they can afford to take care of themselves.

I think that is right, and I think it is compassionate. It is also smart business.

My investments have been held by a blind trust, have been managed by a trustee. I don't manage them, don't even know where they are. Those -- that trustee follows all U.S. laws. All the taxes are paid, as appropriate. All of them have been…