Bruce Rauner quotes:

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

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

I'm a pretty disciplined investor and pretty disciplined buyer. I do my due diligence. I do my homework. I don't waste money.

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

I've completely lost faith in the Democratic Party to truly serve the disadvantaged.

Being a successful CEO, where I've driven a bottom line, assembled teams, driven results, that's a critical benefit to running the state government.

Mitch Daniels in Indiana was the best governor in America for eight years. I've gone to Indianapolis to study with him.

Capitalism is the greatest poverty-fighting machine in the history of mankind, and I'm proud of the role I've played in it,

I'm a lover of fairs and corn dogs.

To the people of Illinois let me say this. Business as usual IS OVER.

The structure that is currently in place, inside government, forcing government employees to pay union dues, even if they don't want to be in a union -- that is fundamentally unconstitutional and it is against the American system of freedom of choice.