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Ocupation: Former United States Representative

Life: b. May 13, 1952

Birthday: May 13


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Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

source: - "Kasich: 'Obama Should Let Me Run Ohio'" by John Kasich, www.foxnews.com. February 25, 2011.

Topics: Sweat, Trying, Too Much

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

source: - "Gov. John Kasich On Health Policy, Religion And Inclusiveness". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. July 25, 2015.

Topics: Philosophy, Ohio, America

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it.

source: - "Gov. John Kasich talks balanced budget push, 2016 plans; Denis McDonough on president's domestic, foreign policy priorities". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. January 25, 2015.

Topics: Guy, Littles, Bigs, Big Guys

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

source: - "Ohio Governor Defies G.O.P. With Defense of Social Safety Net" by Trip Gabriel, www.nytimes.com. October 28, 2013.

Topics: War, Lazy, Facts

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

source: - John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: People, Leader, Together

Guess what? I just went to a wedding of a friend of mine who happens to be gay.

source: - John Kasich at GOP primary debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

Topics: Gay, Mines, Happens

We have to solve the encryption problem. It is not easy.

source: - John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: Encryption, Problem, Easy

Let's start off with my father being a mailman.

source: - Annotated transcript: The Aug. 6 GOP debate, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

Topics: Father, Mailman

The foreign policy, you have to know how to pick and choose. There's no way, if Saddam [Hussein] had not had weapons of mass destruction, I would have gone, because I don't believe that the U.S. should be involved directly in civil wars.

source: - John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: War, Believe, Mass Destruction

We will strengthen our country when we come together.

source: - John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. Feberuary 16, 2015.

Topics: Country, Together, Our Country

Nothing is more important to me than my family, my faith, and my friends.

source: - GOP Debate, www.washingtonpost.com. August 06, 2015.

Topics: Important, My Family, My Friends

We have to go massively, like we did in the first Gulf War where we destroyed Saddam's ability to take Kuwait. We need to have a coalition that will stand for nothing less than the total destruction of ISIS and we have to be the leader.

source: - John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: War, Isis, Kuwait

When there is cheating, the cheating needs to be called.

source: - Source: www.businessinsider.com

Topics: Cheating, Needs

You know, since the 6th century, Sunni and Shia have been fighting.

source: - "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 14, 2016.

Topics: Fighting, Century, Shia

Leaders have to lead.

source: - Source: www.businessinsider.com

Topics: Leader

To put all of your eggs in one basket is silly.

source: - Source: www.businessinsider.com

Topics: Silly, Eggs, Eggs In One Basket

I don't make promises, by and large, that I can't keep.

source: - "McConnell vows to hold the line against Obama's SCOTUS pick; Does John Kasich have a path to the GOP nomination?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 20, 2016.

Topics: Promise, I Can

Sometimes people just don't understand the way that I work in politics.

source: - "McConnell vows to hold the line against Obama's SCOTUS pick; Does John Kasich have a path to the GOP nomination?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 20, 2016.

Topics: People, Way, Sometimes

I remember when the Egyptian ambassador to the United States stood in the Rose Garden and pledged Arab commitment to removing Saddam Hussein from Kuwait.

source: - John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: Commitment, Garden, Kuwait, Rose Garden

I was not in favor of U.S. troops in Lebanon. And I voted against it.

source: - "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 14, 2016.

Topics: Troops, Lebanon, Favors

I am told that the Saudis have organized 34 countries who want to join in the battle against terrorism.

source: - CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: Country, Battle, Want

America is a miracle country.

source: - John Kasich at GOP primary debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

Topics: Country, America, Miracle

I don't read polls to decide what I'm going to do.

source: - Source: www.businessinsider.com

Topics: Polls

I do not support a civil war. I don't want to be policeman of the world. But we can't back off of this.

source: - John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: War, Support, World

We don't have to fight all the time. It can be done, and we will be great when we join together.

source: - John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: Fighting, Together, Done

People are frustrated. They're fed up. They don't think the government is working for them.

source: - John Kasich at the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cbsnews.com. August 7, 2015.

Topics: Thinking, Government, People

Here is the thing about Donald Trump. Donald Trump is hitting a nerve in this country.

source: - John Kasich at the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cbsnews.com. August 7, 2015.

Topics: Country, Nerves, Hitting

In this country, people are concerned about their economic future. They're very concerned about it. And they wonder whether somebody is getting something to - keeping them from getting it. That's not the America that I've ever known.

source: - John Kasich at GOP primary debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center in North Charleston, South Carolina, www.nytimes.com. January 15, 2016.

Topics: Country, America, People

Everybody across this country knows that the tsunami of drugs is threatening their very families.

source: - Republican presidential primary debate, www.cbsnews.com. August 6, 2015.

Topics: Country, Drug, Threatening, Tsunami

I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it we had great economic growth, we cut taxes, and we had a big surplus.

source: - John Kasich at the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cbsnews.com. August 7, 2015.

Topics: Cutting, Growth, Lasts

Everybody has a right to their God-given purpose.

source: - John Kasich at the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cbsnews.com. August 7, 2015.

Topics: Purpose, Given

I'm an old-fashioned person and I happen to believe in traditional marriage.

source: - John Kasich at the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cbsnews.com. August 7, 2015.

Topics: Believe, Old Fashioned, Persons, Traditional Marriage

I'm a change agent. And what we're beginning to see is a lot of the establish people, one more time, trying to stop me.

source: - "McConnell vows to hold the line against Obama's SCOTUS pick; Does John Kasich have a path to the GOP nomination?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 20, 2016.

Topics: People, Trying, Agents, Change Agent

I try to keep what I say. And I - I'm not deviated from this position at all.

source: - "McConnell vows to hold the line against Obama's SCOTUS pick; Does John Kasich have a path to the GOP nomination?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 20, 2016.

Topics: Trying, Position

I'm not a plotter or a schemer. I'm a guy that looks at problems and tries to solve them, which I have done all of my career, creating jobs in Washington, creating jobs in Ohio.

source: - "McConnell vows to hold the line against Obama's SCOTUS pick; Does John Kasich have a path to the GOP nomination?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 20, 2016.

Topics: Jobs, Ohio, Careers

If somebody wants to sit down with me for an hour and interview me and ask me any question about my record, my policies, my foreign policy experience, my domestic policy experience, I'm willing to do that.

source: - "McConnell vows to hold the line against Obama's SCOTUS pick; Does John Kasich have a path to the GOP nomination?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 20, 2016.

Topics: Records, Want, Interviews, Domestic Policy

People are beginning to understand my vision and my message because finally people are beginning to allow me to be heard.

source: - "McConnell vows to hold the line against Obama's SCOTUS pick; Does John Kasich have a path to the GOP nomination?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 20, 2016.

Topics: People, Vision, Messages

The first thing we better get going is strengthening our economy, because if we don't have a strong economy, we can't pay for all of this. And the world wants us to be able to function from strength, believe it or not.

source: - John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: Strong, Believe, World, Strong Economy, Strengthening

Nobody wants anybody who's radical, who wants to move in here to be able to gain access. I said we should take a pause on these Syrian migrants. And I believe we should do that.

source: - "Trump, Rubio, Sanders, Cruz, & Kasich". "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. February 21, 2016.

Topics: Believe, Moving, Migrants

I served on the Armed Services Committee for 18 years and we must lead, or the job won't get done, unfortunately, for our country.

source: - CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: Country, Jobs, Years, Armed Services

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

source: - "Kasich: "I Welcome Backlash" For Publicly Supporting Obama on TPP During an Election; "Unlikely" I Vote For Trump". Interview with Dana Bash, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 15, 2016.

Topics: Want, Vote, Argument

First and foremost, we need to go and destroy ISIS. And we need to do this with our Arab friends and our friends in Europe.

source: - CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: Isis, Europe, Needs

There are moderates in Syria who we should be supporting.

source: - CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: Should, Syria, Moderates

At the end, the Saudis have agreed to put together a coalition inside of Syria to stabilize that country.

source: - John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: Country, Together, Ends

I opposed the U.S. involvement in Lebanon. We ended up having to withdraw our marines after our barracks were blown up.

source: - CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: Marine, Lebanon, Involvement

I said that we needed to have people on the ground, troops on the ground in a coalition similar to what we had in the first Gulf War.

source: - John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

Topics: War, People, Troops

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.

source: - John Kasich during GOP primary debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

Topics: Moon, Men, House


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