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" We want to control our own destiny and take responsibility for our own outcomes. "

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" Arizona has three of the top 10 public high schools in the nation. We know how to educate a child. We just need to do it more often in more locations, and where we're having issues are in low-income areas where - where kids don't have a parent that cares or two parents that care, and, of course, also in our tribal nations. "

" Texas has more effectively capitalized on its opportunities as a border state, and I've always said that I want to look to states that are doing better than we are and replicate those success stories in Arizona. "

" It's very easy for people to say what's wrong with education in Arizona, but if I'm elected as governor, I want to focus on what we're doing well and maximizing the impact of what we know is working. "

" When Arizona became a state, the federal government granted our founders nearly 11 million acres of state land. Every time we sell a piece of that land, proceeds go into the Land Trust where the money is invested and earns interest. "

" My focus is 100 percent on my day job, on the state of Arizona. "

" One area where the state can be more effective in addressing the doctor shortage is to focus on making sure that Arizona is a friendly environment for doctors and those wishing to practice medicine. "

" Ice cream brings people together. "

" Biotech research is incredibly important for health-care innovation. "

" As a former board member for Teach For America, I understand that every child has the ability to learn and that, no matter their circumstances at home, we have a duty and a responsibility to educate them and to do it well. "

" I have been outspoken on my opposition to 'Obamacare,' and I don't buy the line that our Medicaid program, or any function of government, has reached maximum efficiency. "

" Government must continue to live within its means. "

" I hope you'll find that my campaign was a reflection of how I plan to govern - bringing people together, building coalitions, and finding common ground. "

" Thriving economies on both sides of the border is a win-win for Arizona and Mexico, but that will only come by working together and demonstrating mutual respect. "

Working Together

" I'm focusing on the issues that bring people together and build broad majorities. "

" If you saw a better idea or business anywhere in the world, and you could reapply it legally and ethically and with attribution, you were supposed to do that. And I used that learning in building Cold Stone. "

" I took an oath of office to protect Arizona from all enemies, foreign and domestic. "

" Serving ice cream isn't exactly like serving in state government, but what I learned guides me today. "

" I understand the dignity that comes from work and caring for one's family. "

" Texas has an established trade office in Mexico City, as do other Texan cities. They have a more mature trade relationship with Mexico, and I want to make Arizona a leader in this area also. "

" Arizona should be to the Sharing Economy what Texas is to Oil and what Silicon Valley used to be to the tech industry. "

" I'm a pro-growth, small-government conservative with a background in free enterprise. "

" Setting the state budget is one of the most important tasks we undertake at the state Capitol - because after all, it's the people's money - not the government's. "

" Our teachers are valuable, and our public policy should reflect that. "

" Conventional wisdom is not always the best wisdom. "

" Running to do a job as important as the governor's shouldn't be easy; it should take a lot of work, and I'm out there giving my best every day. "

" By working together, we can make Arizona a place where everyone has an opportunity for a better life. "

Working Together

" I'm very comfortable, of course, just with my family. "

" Every dollar spent on education should go toward helping our teachers teach and our students learn. "

" In our administration, we're going to follow the law, and any policy that we move forward will fall well within the law and the Arizona Constitution. "

" To say that I'm going to veto something that I haven't read is just - or sign something that I haven't read - I don't think is good policy for any chief executive. "