John Kasich Quotes

We still have systems we don't need, we have infrastructure we don't need. Why do you have over 900,000 bureaucrats working in one way or another in all these systems.

Let's think about how we can bring economic development, let's see if people could learn a little more of the rule of law, rather than the rule of man, which is kind of what you see in China.

I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget, and it was the first time we had done it since man walked on the moon.

I don't want to comment on media outlets, but I will tell you that if the Republican Party does not evolve, the Republican Party is going to die.

[Barack Obama] needs to really engage both Republicans and Democrats.

You watch people run for president, and a large part of what they say, they don't ever follow through on. But I don't think you can afford to wait on this [trade agreements].

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

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

The administration [of Barack Obama] is going to have to figure out, you know, a tough response on the basis of this [Russian] hacking.

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.

When it comes to the cyberwarfare piece, we're going to have to deal with it.

These are serious matters, and we can never let up on these sanctions [against Russia].

I think that's coming to an end. And, you know, when we ... we can't beg them [russians] to get along with us. And I think there was some of that going on, which has now ended.

I think to a degree this happens when they [russians] spot a softness in us, which I think for a while they did.

I don't want to get into an argument with somebody about how they ought to vote.

I just don't see anybody that's particularly interested in fixing that.

The role of money in politics is terrible, particularly when you're running for president. You get a handful of billionaires who can basically buy the White House.

I don't know the extent to which they do business [ in Wells Fargo]. I just want to see how this thing continues to unfold and if they have a legitimately major change in their culture.

Their lot in life, their station, became a part of their personalities and helped to for my worldview.

The (Bible) story is much more powerful as Truth than as metaphor.

We put up a kind of spiritual firewall and make a conscious effort to shut out the headlines, because our (Bible) discussions are meant to be timeless.

So much of what we read and write these days is disposable.

Faith enables you to hold on loosely without letting go.

The author describes a previous Bible study with a lot of turnover as "not so much together as in each other's midst.

He (the Bible study leader) is blessed with a light touch and a firm hand.

In addition to an open heart and open mind, I also brought (to the small group Bible study) an open mouth.