The Second GOP Debate: Candidates' Most Relevant Words

We should use offensive tactics as it relates to cyber security, send a deterrent signal to China… If we do that, it’s going to create a healthier deterrent effect than anything else I can think of. -- Jeb Bush

We’re talking about global jihadists who actually want to destroy us. They are an existential threat to our nation. -- Ben Carson

Every morning I get up, I veto 400 bills from a crazy liberal Democratic legislature, not one of them has been overridden. I’ve vetoed more tax increases than any governor in American history. -- Chris Christie

Weakness is provocative, and this Iranian nuclear deal is nothing short of catastrophic… If I am elected president, on the very first day in office, I will rip to shreds this catastrophic Iranian nuclear deal. -- Ted Cruz

Problems have festered in Washington for too long... You know what a leader does? They challenge the status quo, they solve problems that have festered for a long time and they produce results. --Carly Fiorina

The Supreme Court in a very, very divided decision decided out of thin air that they were just going to redefine marriage. --Mike Huckabee

We work better when we are unified… We will be stronger when we are unified... Lift Americans, unify, give hope, grow America, and restore it to that great, shining city on a hill. --John Kasich

I kind of have to laugh when I think of, ‘Mmm, sounds like a non sequitur.' --Rand Paul

We are eviscerating our military… We have a world that grows increasingly dangerous, and we are eviscerating our military spending and signing deals with Iran. --Marco Rubio

We have a country, where, to assimilate, you have to speak English. And I think that where he was, and the way it came out didn’t sound right to me. We have to have assimilation – to have a country, we have to have assimilation. --Donald Trump

Ronald Reagan wasn’t just a conservative Republican, he was an eternal optimist in the American people. --Scott Walker