“After 30 years in Washington, it is clear that Mitch McConnell has lost touch with our state, its people, and our values.”

“America is worth fighting for ideologically.”

“As Governor, I will direct my Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to distribute federal taxpayer dollars from that department to Planned Parenthood clinics.”

“Be bold - there's enough Neville Chamberlains in the world; be a Winston Churchill, for crying out loud!”

“Black, white, rural, urban, Democrat, Republican, independent. People who come from both ends of the socio-economic spectrum. Male, female. Young and old alike. This is our Kentucky.”

“Criminalizing behavior, if it's part of the heritage of this state, is in my opinion a bad idea.”

“Donald Trump is an interesting fellow.”

“Everybody is welcome to come to dinner, but there's going to be the adult table and the kids' table. Whiny people who want to throw food and make noise and interrupt and be rude and act like children, they can sit at the kids' table.”

“I am a believer in smaller government, limited government, less regulation, less taxes, because I think to have more of those things, we suffocate the entrepreneurial spirit of this nation.”

“I am genuinely sorry that my attendance at an event which, other than my comments, appears to have primarily involved a discussion of cockfighting, has created concern on the part of many Kentucky voters.”

“I am not above copying what other people are doing well.”

“I am not, and have never been, a supporter of cockfighting or any other forms of animal cruelty.”

“I believe in forgiveness, I believe in second chances, and I believe we should find a way to restore the Second Amendment rights to people who are qualified and have shown themselves qualified to have those rights restored to them.”

“I did not write any of the letters that were ever published as investment commentary.”

“I don't think it's wise to shut down the government.”

“I have never been a member of a Tea Party.”

“I have nine children. It breaks my heart to think that it might be their blood is needed to redeem something, to reclaim something that we, through our apathy and our indifference, have given away.”

“I have no favors to pay back.”

“I have no tax delinquency problem, nor have I ever.”

“I name my companies things that are intentional, that are specific, that are worthy of ridicule if you are anything other.”

“I never went to any Tea Party meetings, although I am fiscally very much in like mind, and grateful for and appreciative of the support of anybody, no matter what group they might be part of.”

“I think we will be safer when we can concentrate law enforcement and criminal justice resources and energies on those individuals who truly need, for the safety of society... to be incarcerated.”

“I want us to be able to fight ideologically, mentally, spiritually, economically, so that we don't have to do it physically.”

“I was, as president and chairman of the board, required by law to verify the veracity of the financial figures, the assets under management, the number of outstanding shares, et cetera.”

“I would encourage you: be informed - knowledge is power.”

“If you've ever questioned your faith, you're going to question it when you are burying your own children.”

“I'll listen to the people. I will not put my party ahead of what the people want.”

“I'm a believer in the Constitution and in the First Amendment. Not just for raising money but also for freedom of speech.”

“I'm a Republican. I'm running in a Republican primary.”

“I'm going to defend the right of people to freely gather and discuss whatever they want to.”

“I'm not going to run to the left of Mitch McConnell; I'm not going to run to the right of Mitch McConnell. I am going to run right over the top of Mitch McConnell.”

“I'm unapologetic for the fact my Christian faith defines my decision-making process. I will bring those Christian principles and that mindset to Frankfort.”

“It is important never to forget our history, but parts of our history are more appropriately displayed in museums, not on government property.”

“I've signed many documents as president and CEO as required by law. I signed every single document that we were required to file - every single one of them.”

“Liberals are good at catchphrases, but there's no substance behind them.”

“McConnell's the Senate Republican leader, but he refuses to lead on defunding Obamacare. What good is a leader like that?”

“People aren't suckers. Some are, perhaps. But most people inside know when we're being lied to.”

“The fact is the American people want men and women to stand up and represent them and to put their interests ahead of the party interests.”

“The Medicaid expansion enacted under Obamacare is unaffordable for the taxpayers of Kentucky and should be repealed.”

“The people of Kentucky have had enough. They have had enough of bailouts for Wall Street banks.”

“There are quite enough sheep already - be a shepherd: be somebody who's bold and who leads.”

“There is going to have to be austerity in the state of Kentucky.”

“This administration will have no tolerance for the type of brazen disregard that Planned Parenthood has shown for both the safety of women and the rule of law.”

“This is our time. This is our opportunity. Together, we will accomplish great things.”

“Too many of the career politicians, the established politicians in Washington on both sides of the aisle, are representing their party more than the people. And no matter what the media says, the ballot box will determine what people truly believe.”

“We cannot be complacent about the determination of radical Islamic extremists to destroy our freedoms.”

“We have seen a degradation from the highest levels of authority politically in this nation, including through the department of justice, for the rule of law.”

“We will hold Planned Parenthood accountable for knowingly endangering their patients by providing illegal abortions at a facility that was not properly licensed nor prepared to handle an emergency.”

“When I have people like Planned Parenthood intentionally not following the law, that's where the state will be involved.”

“While it may seem small, the ripple effects of small things is extraordinary.”

“Who are we to think that our generation is going to be the first generation to benefit from all the sacrifices that others have made without giving some modern-day equivalent of our own lives, fortunes, and sacred honor?”

“You can't punch people in the face, punch people in the face, punch people in the face, and ask them to have tea and crumpets with you and think it's all good. Life doesn't work that way.”