Bruce Rauner

Our government works should be treated fairly and appropriately; they should have a decent retirement, but not a gold-plated system where they can retire multimillionaires in their 50s.

I'm not anti-union.

I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and the children.

I don't have a Rolls. I don't have a jet. That's not me.

I'm a big outdoorsman... I'm a big hunter. Avid fisherman. Hiker. Climber. Scuba diver. Skier. Love the outdoors.

I've been very engaged in Illinois and Chicago civic activities for a long time; mostly around building businesses and helping entrepreneurs grow companies, but also around education and education reform.

I'm a lover of fairs and corn dogs.

Great teaching requires incredible talent and dedication, strong intellectual ability and interpersonal skill, real discipline and empathy.

I'm not the most patient person in the world. I am one of the most persistent people in the world.

Crisis creates opportunity.

Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term.

For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.

Those who value a strong safety net for our neediest citizens see that every extra dollar spent on these unions is a dollar that cannot go to help the sick, the elderly, and the vulnerable.

Those who want low taxes and healthy job creation know that an unnecessary dollar going to these unions is a dollar that cannot reduce the tax burden on homeowners, small businesses, and job creators.

Big problems usually come from big sources.

To restore our public schools, we must put an end to the selfish agenda of the union bosses.

When my mother was young, only two professions were open to women ; teaching and nursing. She chose nursing, but the teaching profession was full of talented women like her, confined there in part because they had few career options.

For every challenge we face - unemployment, poverty, crime, income growth, income inequality, productivity, competitiveness - a great education is a major component of the solution.

Illinois will only get economically healthy if we stop focusing on growing minimum wages and start focusing on growing everyone's wages.

Incremental increases in the minimum wage won't address the underlying skills and investment gaps in Illinois.

When I was young, I had minimum wage jobs as a busboy, flipping burgers and parking cars.

Many of us have been touched by the magic of a great teacher. I know I have.

Illinois has every reason to succeed. We have the hardest-working people in America, the best infrastructure in America, and the best location of any state.

I want to transform state government. What it takes is a strong CEO type... a leader who can drive things.

Where I'm an outsider is, I'm not a career politician.

The critical thing is that we have to reduce the tax burden.

I am a gun owner and a hunter and a gun rights supporter.

State universities in Illinois are a microcosm of our state government - broken with work rules and administrative bureaucracy.

I am one of the baddest enemies anybody can have.

I am going to try to rip the economic guts out of Indiana. But we're going to do it methodically and aggressively.

A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.