Tim Pawlenty

“America is the greatest country in the world, and we've got to keep it that way.”

“We should be cutting taxes on capital, not punishing it.”

“We need to unleash the power of the American people, not the power of government.”

“It's time to tell the truth. It's time to be honest.”

“I'm a Ford truck man. That's not a line. I'm a Ford truck man.”

“If you don't have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as a caricature. It's the old politics.”

“What I've said is that I am a Tea Party Republican.”

“The private sector is where jobs are created.”

“Hope is not a strategy.”

“We need to get the economy going to get the country going.”

“I was a blue-collar kid growing up in a blue-collar town.”

“We have to have the courage to say no to the special interests.”

“In Minnesota, we're known for four things: hockey, fishing, Paul Bunyan and 'no.'”

“The government is shutting down the government.”

“We have to stop delivering massive speeches to the country and start having massive conversations with the country.”

“Obamacare is a crime against democracy because a material part of that bill was not disclosed to the public.”

“The entitlement state has driven us into a ditch, and we're not getting out of it by asking states to paddle harder.”

“The American people want a responsible government that lives within its means.”

“We can't have a system where financial lobbyists write the rules.”

“The American dream is not a gift. It is a reward.”