I just think at a time when the country is so divided, it would just be great if the President didn't send somebody forward and we had an election. And then everybody would be clear about what they want in the next Supreme Court justice, but I guess it's not going to go that way.

John Kasich

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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

I don't want my marriage or my guns registered in Washington. And if people have an opinion, it's a religious opinion that is heartly felt, obviously they should be allowed to practice that and no government should interfere with them.

John Kasich

gun religious practice

We [americans] need to control our border just like people have to control who goes in and out of their house.

John Kasich

borders house people

Let's start off with my father being a mailman.

John Kasich

mailman father

We've got to listen to other people's voices, respect them, but keep in mind, and I believe in terms of the things that I've read in my lifetime, the Lord is not picking us. But because of how we respect human rights, because that we are a good force in the world, he wants America to be strong.

John Kasich

strong rights believe

Well, it's not all Americans. But I understand those polls. But as a result of that, that's not going to change my position. I mean I don't think it is even practical and I don't think it's right. I mean just because somebody happens to be of the Muslim faith, doesn't make them a terrorist or make them a threat to America. And we've had relations with people all over the world of the Muslim faith.

John Kasich

muslim-faith mean thinking

No one ever expect me to get in the race. They didn't think I would get on the debate stage. I did. They didn't think I'd do well in New Hampshire. I finished second. And so we went to South Carolina. In a short period of time later, two weeks ago people in South Carolina had no clue who I was.

John Kasich

race two thinking

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

John Kasich

underestimated happened careers

[President] needs to engage them in a very personal way. And he needs to tell them that this is something that America, the United States of America, needs. Not Republican. It's not Democrat. It's America.

John Kasich

united-states president america

I'm not a big guy that believes that you gain energy from demonizing other people. I think you gain energy from giving people hope.

John Kasich

believe people thinking

There were 16 people in the race, including a number of governors, and there's only one left. And I think that at the end we have to make sure that we have somebody that can go to that town, change that system, grow employment, change the whole way in which it works and ship power money and influence back to the states. So I'm optimistic about it.

John Kasich

optimistic race thinking

The foreign policy, you have to know how to pick and choose. There's no way, if Saddam [Hussein] had not had weapons of mass destruction, I would have gone, because I don't believe that the U.S. should be involved directly in civil wars.

John Kasich

mass-destruction war believe

If the [Republican] party wants to have an ideological debate, it's never going to win anything in a major way.

John Kasich

party winning want

People have accused me at times of having too big of a heart.But I have to also to say I must keep the people of my state safe. So we take a pause [in taking refugees].

John Kasich

safe heart people

I would only go to Syria to destroy ISIS. I would not use U.S. troops to depose Assad. But I would support the rebels there. It's okay to support those people who share your view. But for the United States to be embroiled in a civil war in Syria against [Bashr] Assad I think is a big mistake.

John Kasich

mistake war thinking

For the Russians, frankly, it's time that we punched the Russians in the nose. They've gotten away with too much in this world and we need to stand up against them, not just there, but also in Eastern Europe where they threaten some of our most precious allies.

John Kasich

allies europe needs

I do believe that the party needs to evolve, or I won't be a part of it.

John Kasich

party believe needs

God gives me unconditional love. I'm going to give it to my family and my friends and the people around me.

John Kasich

unconditional-love giving people

Nothing is more important to me than my family, my faith, and my friends.

John Kasich

my-family my-friends important

We have to go massively, like we did in the first Gulf War where we destroyed Saddam's ability to take Kuwait. We need to have a coalition that will stand for nothing less than the total destruction of ISIS and we have to be the leader.

John Kasich

kuwait isis war