I eventually settled in Washington, where my partners and I have been fortunate to build a restaurant business that now employs thousands of Americans across the country.
Yeah. I mean, it just seemed to me that it was - I felt so helpless to this business of not having any papers. That seems like a throwback to a schoolboy.
Business owners have made a strong case to me that they need guest workers. But none has suggested that these workers should be placed on a path to citizenship.
Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.
Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.
In 2009, South Carolina was blessed to welcome a great American company that chose to stay in our country to continue to do business. That company was Boeing.
Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.
Small business owners are fighting every day to create and innovate, but continue to face government barriers to job creation.
I'm always amazed at how many people assume a business has to lose money before it makes money.
In the commercial real estate business, brokers spearhead major accounts. But they wouldn't have customers without the people who oversee construction.
The Internet has changed the way we communicate with each other, the way we learn about the world and the way we conduct business.
Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.
You see Democrats who will demonize business. I don't do that. You see Republicans who demonize labor. I don't do that.
It stands to reason: Higher wages means higher loyalty and morale, which means higher productivity, which means a more profitable business.
You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues.
I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.
We need to change the focus from celebrating sales at the mall to celebrating the significance of President Washington's birth to the birth of our nation.
There is no reason why, with the huge potential for market out there in the world for fuel-efficient vehicles, we can't be the cutting edge for change.
Conservatives don't need to change core convictions to embrace the growing support for equal rights for gay Americans.
