I think people are frustrated with dysfunction, not just dysfunction in government, but a lot of dysfunction that surrounds them. I get the frustration with drugs in the neighborhood or my kids with big college loans can't find a job. John Kasich More Quotes by John Kasich More Quotes From John Kasich As long as the White House is deadly serious, which they tell me they are, I'll help them anyway I can. John Kasich white house long If I were president, I would want to spend a lot of time going to the legislatures and telling them about best practices, whether it's about fighting poverty, whether it's about educating kids. The states are the laboratories where we can see what works. And I think presidents can have a much better relationship with legislatures. John Kasich fighting kids thinking A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster. John Kasich hippie religious war I don't accept that. I really don't care - I'm going to be like one of these deniers - I don't care what the polls say. John Kasich polls accepting care I think that they are hung up on, you know, that people cheat and we don't enforce the laws, and I think that's correct. But I don't think people want to just say, "We're not going to trade with anybody." John Kasich law people thinking To put all of your eggs in one basket is silly. We did that for a long time and I don't think it's very smart. John Kasich smart silly thinking I know that, you know, leaders have to lead. I don't read polls to decide what I'm going to do. But for the best interest of the people of our state [Ohio], having a big mix of technology, healthcare, IT, financial services, and manufacturing is the ticket. John Kasich ohio technology people Manufacturing is still very important to us, but we are much more diversified state. And furthermore, anybody that says the steel mills are coming back to Youngstown is not telling the truth. They're not coming back. You could have some aspects of advanced manufacturing appear. John Kasich telling-the-truth steel important When you ask people, do they believe that we ought to have trade, I think people understand it's important. John Kasich believe people thinking People have now been absorbing only that they agree with. You know, part of it is if you're liberal, you consume liberal information. If you're a conservative, you consume conservative information. And there's a certain stridency in both that you know everything, and if somebody doesn't agree with you, you think they don't know what they're talking about, and you become intolerant. John Kasich conservative people thinking To allow the Russian activity to go unresponded to is not acceptable. John Kasich activity acceptable We all have to be, as consumers of information and news, we have to be a little more circumspect. And let's not take everything in that gets fed to us. John Kasich Politics doesn't have to be a drag. It can be positive, and it can be fun, and it can be inspiring. John Kasich being-positive fun Any politician who is not a unifier is not somebody that I want to be for. John Kasich politician You don't put an animal in the corner without the animal striking back, you don't put a politician in the corner and without them expecting to strike back at you. John Kasich expecting politician animal A lot of politicians now, here's what they're worried about. If you're a Democrat you're worried about your base on the left, and if you're a Republican you're worried about your base on the right. John Kasich worried republican politician To say that most recent elections are rigged and all these votes are stolen, that`s like saying we never landed on the moon, frankly. That`s how silly it is. No. I don`t think that`s good for our country. The problem is, it does create doubt in people`s minds. And I worry about 25% of Americans who may say when an election is over, it was stolen. John Kasich moon silly country To have people believe in you and to believe that you can bring people together and strengthen our country, I have to thank the people from the great state of Ohio. I love you. Is it all right? I love you. And I want to remind you, again, tonight, that I will not take the low road to the highest office in the land. John Kasich love-you believe country Leadership is more important than people's political career at times. John Kasich political careers people I don't read polls to decide what I'm going to do. John Kasich polls