I would love to say to all Americans: ‘Each candidate is going to produce a film of an hour and a half. You’re going to watch one from each candidate, and then you’re going to vote!’ – Mitt Romney
It’s opportunity. It’s opportunity, not a check from government – it’s opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans. – Mitt Romney
I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn’t go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do. – Mitt Romney
I have inherited nothing. Everything Ann and I have we have earned the old-fashioned way. – Mitt Romney
The unemployment rate went down as I was governor of Massachusetts. We were losing jobs every month when I came into the state. – Mitt Romney
That makes no sense for someone to say if they were drafted by their country, that they’d say no. – Mitt Romney
I am far from the first to conclude that Donald Trump lacks the temperament to be president. – 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
This President takes his inspiration from the capitals of Europe; we look to the cities and small towns of America. This President puts his faith in government. We put our faith in the American people. – Mitt Romney
I’d like my grandkids to be able to watch PBS. But I’m not willing to borrow money from China, and make my kids have to pay the interest on that, and my grandkids, over generations, as opposed to saying to PBS, ‘Look, you’re going to have to raise more money from charitable contributions or from advertising.’ – Mitt Romney
The greatest threat that the world faces is a nuclear Iran. A nuclear North Korea is already troubling enough. – Mitt Romney
I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning. – Mitt Romney
Dad was an outstanding leader. He’d bring in top thinkers from a wide array of fields – how to fix the Detroit schools, for example. I watched him in these meetings. He listened and probed. – Mitt Romney
Primaries are the place where you see whose message is connecting with the largest number of people. – Mitt Romney
Now is the moment when we can stand up and say, ‘I’m an American. I make my destiny. And we deserve better! My children deserve better! My family deserves better. My country deserves better!’ So here we stand. Americans have a choice. – Mitt Romney
I think when a campaign is dishonest in the ads they run about another candidate, it diminishes the campaign, it diminishes the candidate, and it diminishes the presidency. – Mitt Romney
I have five boys in the family, and it’s constant competition, sport, humor, and practical jokes. – Mitt Romney
Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. – Mitt Romney
I think there’s a character one has if you’re a chief executive officer. Movies would suggest you’re a bad person – if you’re wealthy, if you’ve done well, oh, you must be bad. And frankly, winning the lottery doesn’t change who you are; you’re the same person inside. And I’m the same person I was as an 18-year-old who fell in love with Ann. – Mitt Romney
Keep America strong. Strong in our values, strong in our economy, and strong in our military might. We hope to never have to use our military strength, but the world counts on a strong America to keep the worst actors from doing the worst things. – Mitt Romney
I kind of like America. I’m not looking for it to be fundamentally transformed into something else. I don’t want it to become like Europe. – Mitt Romney
President Obama’s view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a free enterprise economy is to return entrepreneurship and genius and creativity to the American people! – Mitt Romney