RICK SCOTT

I don't look at polls.

I can't imagine anybody not wanting to make sure that noncitizens don't dilute legitimate U.S. citizens' vote.

We ought to be bragging about Florida!

I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.

You've got to be known for what you're running on, what principles.

It's a hard job to become president.

You cannot go out and say, oh, I am going to raise all this spending, but it's not going to cost anybody any money.

Obstacles to job creation in America are a result of policy, not of motivation.

I've absolutely lived the American dream.

Reviewing a government budget is much like going through the attic in an old home.

General revenue - what taxpayers are willing to give government, what they think is fair to give government - is not going to grow at the same amount that the federal government basically forces us to spend on Medicaid.

I was in the Navy as an enlisted man, started my first business when I was 21.

If you're going to be successful, you better have a goal, you better find really good people, better understand where all the money's coming from. And you better measure the living daylights out of it.

Prosperity comes from the private sector.

My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it.

I don't like losing money. I don't go gamble. Because I don't want to lose any money. I didn't grow up with any money and I'm not going to go gamble and lose money.

How much should the state be involved in regulating the growth in communities when you already have a county doing it, or a city doing it?

You're not going to build private-sector jobs if you don't like business people.

I believe that free-market principles will solve our healthcare problems.

If career politicians had the solutions, we wouldn't be in the mess that we are.

No U.S. citizen is being kicked off any voter rolls.

I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.

Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare.

I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they're saying.

I think most people are not willing to make the tough choices.