“As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.”

“As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.”

“My dad grew up with an avocado tree in his backyard. My entire family, my wife and daughters, they love avocado. I may well be allergic. It makes me physically sick.”

“My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the world in which I grew up, and that's a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves.”

“The American free market system is the greatest engine for prosperity and opportunity that the world has ever seen. Freedom works.”

“As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.”

“We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.”

“It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier.”

“Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.”

“There's an old joke that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. An awful lot of the press coverage about Washington reads like coverage of Hollywood. Madonna is having some spat with Sean Penn. Who cares? And who cares which politician is mad at that politician?”

“One of biggest lies in politics is the lie that Republicans are the party of big business. Big business does great with big government. Big business is very happy to climb in bed with big government. Republicans are and should be the party of small business and of entrepreneurs.”

“On the Left, the best and brightest go into politics - Barack Obama is the epitome of the perfect leftist. On the Right, the best and brightest go make money. Very few conservatives want to endure all the nonsense you have to put up with to run for office.”