Politician

We need to protect every life and that we need to defend the lives of the unborn.

My parents were both Democrats and I grew up as a Democrat. Basically I was told that the Democrats were the party that cared about people. I liked people and I cared about them, so I was a Democrat.

Teach your children early not to pass the blame or make excuses, but to take responsibility for their actions.

Your children should know that you're always there for them, and that they can call on you when needed. But give them the opportunity to learn to solve their own problems.

In Missouri, we built the steamships that plied the Mississippi. It was people of Missouri who believed that a human being could fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. And it was Missourians who built the capsule in which an American first orbited the earth.

Young men often seek tests and trials, and to me, BUD/S training - basic underwater demolition/SEAL - seemed like the ultimate test.

In any leadership, whenever you're facing a tough challenge, find ways to bring people together and get them to serve together.

You don't reduce crime by taking away guns from law-abiding citizens.

I've never been in politics before, but even in the brief time that I've been running for governor, I've been exposed to some of the worst people I've ever known. Liars, cowards, sociopaths.

I came to see that it wasn't enough just to care about people. You also had to build systems in which you could ensure that there are results and accountability.

God has a way of helping you to move through suffering and actually become stronger.

Every entrepreneur has to deal with hardship, but if we're tough enough and thoughtful enough, we can find a way to make hard things make us better.

One of the things that I've found in everything that I've done: People want leaders to create a sense of direction and to lead and to act.

One of the great things about the SEAL teams in particular, and the American military in general, is the tremendous diversity of backgrounds and experience that people bring to their service.

I don't think many people want to say to themselves that they've quit. At the same time, we've all failed in our lives, we've all failed at different things in different ways and I think there's a lot to be said about facing that failure squarely.

Like the plague, opioids kill the young, the old, the healthy, the sick, the virtuous and the sinful.

I actually think it's very important that the Navy SEAL community stay out of politics.

I read Mitch Daniels's book, 'Keeping the Republic,' several times.

Every generation of Americans who has fought, every generation of Americans who has served, has suffered.

For too long, Missouri has been run by career politicians, owned by corrupt consultants, high-paid lobbyists and special interests.