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"The real problem is clean up the bureaucracy that people have to deal with to become a citizen the right way. And we must truly secure the border. We can't leave it porous."
"There's no hidden secrets going on in the Federal Reserve..."
"The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it to zero."
"We need to lower tax rates for everybody, starting with the top corporate tax rate. We need to simplify the tax code. The ultimate answer, in my opinion, is the fair tax, which is a fair tax for everybody, because as long as we still have this messed-up tax code, the politicians are going to use it to reward winners and losers."
"People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to achieve."
"I think that taxes would be fair if we first get rid of the tax code."
"I do not believe abortion should be legal."
"The objective of the liberals is to destroy this country."
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanahu made it real clear. They're willing to be generous on some other concessions but not on the border issue. And I don't blame him."
"Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about."
"I'm very proud to know the Koch brothers. This may be a breaking news announcement for the media: I am the Koch brothers' brother from another mother."
"Well, you show me the science [that being gay is not a choice] and I'll be persuaded."
"My message of common-sense solutions is resonating with people. People around the country are starting to know who I am and starting to identify me with solutions, not rhetoric."
"If you touch the hearts of people you can get people's minds to change, but you have to show them the beauty of not aborting a life."
"If the tea party is so racist, how come when they have straw polls the black guy keeps winning?"
"There are generally three kinds of people in the world. People who make things happen, people who watch things happen, and people who say, what in the heck happened."
"Leaders make things happen. Leaders will take a situation and try and figure out what is it that we're trying to do, what is the problem, what kind of priorities and resources do we need, what kind of people do I need to bring to bear on this problem, what kind of plans do we need to succeed."
"Some people may not agree with me, that's their prerogative, but you would know clearly where Herman Cain stands on all of the issues, but more importantly where he stands on what we need to do in order to be able to get this nation moving in the direction we need to be moving."
"The lesson that I'm learning is that I've got to be careful of being pigeonholed because people can take a piece of tape and edit out the first half and only pull out one snippet that could start a firestorm."
"I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American."