Mitt Romney

"I frankly cant wait, because the idea of Bill Clinton back in the White House with nothing to do is something I just cant imagine, I cant imagine the American people can imagine...."

"is an investment partnership which was formed to invest in startup companies and ongoing companies, then to take an active hand in managing them and hopefully, five to eight years later, to harvest them at a significant profit."

"We have lost faith in government, not in just one party, not in just one house, but in government. It is time for innovation and transformation in Washington. It is what our country needs. It is what our people deserve...I do not believe Washington can be transformed from within by a lifelong politician. There have been too many deals, too many favors, too many entanglements -- and too little real world experience managing, guiding, leading."

"Hugo Chavez has tried to steal an inspiring phrase — Patria o muerte, venceremos. It does not belong to him. It belongs to a free Cuba."

"Liquefied coal, gosh. Hitler during the Second World War — I guess because he was concerned about losing his oil — liquefied coal. That technology is still there."

"I purchased a gun when I was a young man. Ive been a hunter pretty much all my life."

"Its not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person."

"The one by L. Ron Hubbard...Im not in favor of his religion by any means, but he wrote a book called Battlefield Earth that was a very fun science fiction book."

"In France, for instance, Im told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up. How shallow and how different from the Europe of the past."

"I dont want them on our soil. I want them on Guantanamo, where they dont get the access to lawyers they get when theyre on our soil. I dont want them in our prisons, I want them there. Some people have said we ought to close Guantanamo. My view is we ought to double Guantanamo."

"And I hear from time to time people say, hey, wait a second, we have civil liberties we have to worry about. But dont forget the most important civil liberty I expect from my government is my right to be kept alive, and thats what were going to have to do."

"Its also a symbol of a serious conflict of interest. An independent inspector general looked at this investment and concluded that the administration had steered money to friends and family – to campaign contributors. This building, this half a billion dollar taxpayer investment, represents a serious conflict of interest on the part of the president and his team."