“When I left Washington, we actually had a balanced budget and we paid down the most amount of the national debt in modern history and cut taxes and created jobs. And I was the chief architect of that plan in '97.”
“I'm a believer in bipartisanship.”
“Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.”
“Ohio's doing what it can do, but I wish they'd get their act together in Washington.”
“The reason we have such a reform budget is because we've been thinking about these things for a long time.”
“You know where entrepreneurship in my opinion has to go? Into the inner city.”
“I mean, the fact of the matter is, Ohio 's coming back because we set a clear path, we cut taxes, we balanced our budget, we got credit upgrades when the whole rest of the world, including America , was being downgraded.”
“I think he should let me run Ohio. He should let us, the legislature, the members there, we should be running Ohio. The states are the laboratories out here, and I think the president needs to mind to the problems that he has in Washington.”
“I think we can have some tax reform, but that doesn't mean tax increases. We ought to make the, the rates flatter. We ought to get rid of a bunch of those loopholes.”
“What people really want to know from their doctor is, are you going to make me feel better? And what they really want to know from a president are, are you going to give me some security when it comes to my work? Because if I'm not working, my family is in trouble. And when I am working, the fact of the matter is, my whole family is doing better.”