"I don't think it's safe to allow anybody from the Middle East into this country."
"I live in a bubble."
"I believe that you should do what you know how to do best."
"I am a home builder. I have to be an optimist."
"When Charlie Crist went independent, I no longer supported him. Just track the money."
"I just think people are fed up with people who are career politicians who don't stand for anything."
"I am not ashamed to support Donald Trump."
"Here's what I have to say: Obama is a disaster, and Washington politicians are worthless."
"Publix operates in every county in Florida, and you get a county or municipality saying we don't want you putting your groceries in plastic bags, well, that's a problem."
"I think Israel's security measures are pretty strong."
"Democrats refuse to deal with reality. They make things up, sensationalize common sense solutions, and exacerbate this obsession over political correctness."
"There is only one Donald Trump, as we know. But there are aspects of where he's coming from that I understand, which is business people that have built and actually created jobs in this country."
"I don't want to be another country. I want to be the United States of America, the greatest country in the world."
"Sarasota-Bradenton is a unique community to live in."
"Career politicians like Marco Rubio worry more about keeping the job than doing the job and are constantly looking for their next political promotion."
"Like Marco Rubio in 2010, I'm not going to back down from the Washington establishment. They are the problem, not the solution."
"People should not be paid to go to Washington and not do their job. When they don't show up, why should we pay them?"
"Of one thing I am certain: we are foolish if we think we will achieve change by sending the same crowd of people back to run our government again and again."
"I made the miscalculation of taking Mr. Rubio at his word that he wouldn't seek re-election if he lost the presidential primary."
"Our country is miserably off track; this is something that all but the far left agree on. I personally came to the point where I felt a responsibility to try to do something about it, and I've been blessed enough in business to be able to take a shot at running for office."
"Here's the American situation - we have moved from a culture of independence to a culture of dependence. We have moved from capitalism into the direction of socialism. We have moved from being a beacon of strength internationally to a position of weakness."
"I do not take orders from Washington, and I suggest that no one else should either."
"I care deeply about the direction of our country."
"We all owe America. It's not the other way around."
"Some call me a Cuban hyphen American. I reject that. I don't believe in hyphenated Americans."
