You give up a lot to be in politics. And if you're not there to change the world I don't know what you're there for. I mean, it doesn't make any sense to me. John Kasich More Quotes by John Kasich More Quotes From John Kasich We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have. John Kasich dream giving needs Frankly, we are republicans and they're democrats but before all of that, we're Americans. And I believe we need to unify in so many ways to rebuild our country, to strengthen our country, to rebuild our defense, and for America to secure it's place it world; for us, for our children, and for the next generation. John Kasich believe country children I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy. John Kasich lazy war facts Do you think that I like to have to fight the leaders in my own party over this or that? Of course not. There's no joy in that. But John Kennedy may have said it best - sometimes my party asks too much. John Kasich party fighting thinking A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems. John Kasich leader together people We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided. John Kasich united stronger country I worry about America. For the first time in my lifetime, I'm worried about us, i'm worried about how our values to some degree have been eroded, of personal responsibility and compassion and teamwork. I worry about it, I worry about the fact that we're so divided. John Kasich compassion responsibility teamwork People intuitively know that trade is good for our country. We just have to get the right trade agreements. John Kasich agreement country people If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light. John Kasich light dark people Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America. John Kasich ohio should-have philosophy How do you prevent people from doing inappropriate things? We can write laws. But at the end of the day, I actually wonder what the board was doing. John Kasich law writing people Guess what? I just went to a wedding of a friend of mine who happens to be gay. John Kasich mines gay happens I'm not sure I want to sound like a candidate. I just want to sound like an American who's trying to make this country a heck of a lot stronger. Not a politician typical, but somebody that's going to go and do the job, not pay attention to all the special interest groups, change the status quo, shift power out of Washington and get America on the track again with strengthening our military as well. John Kasich strength change country Economic growth is the key to everything. But once you have economic growth, it is important that we reach out to people who live in the shadows, the people who don't seem to ever think that they get a fair deal. And that includes people in our minority community; that includes people who feel as though they don't have a chance to move up. John Kasich keys moving thinking It's an individual morality in values that matters in these companies [like Wells Fargo]. I mean, they ought to clean house. And they ought to figure out how to claw back all this money. That is a given. In terms of additional laws, there are reasonable approaches to this, but I'd have to see what they are. I'm not a federal lawmaker. John Kasich law house mean You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it... John Kasich bigs guy littles A friend asked one of my daughters, "Do you like politics?" And my daughter said, "No, I don't. And the reason I don't like it is because there's too much fighting, too much yelling. It's so loud, I don't like it." You know, I turned to my friend and I said, "You know, she's really on to something." John Kasich yelling daughter fighting God created astrologers to make pollsters look accurate. John Kasich accurate looks I don't want to comment on media outlets, but I will tell you that if the Republican Party does not evolve, the Republican Party is going to die. John Kasich media party doe Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there. John Kasich sweat break-out trying
