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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“The private sector is where jobs are created.”

“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.”

“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.”