We stand with Israel as a Jewish democratic state because we know that Israel is born of firmly held values that we, as Americans, share: a culture committed to justice, a land that welcomes the weary, a people devoted to tikkun olam. ... So America's commitment ... and my commitment to Israel and Israel's security is unshakeable. It is unshakeable. ... I am proud to say that no U.S. administration has done more in support of Israel's security than ours. None. Don't let anybody else tell you otherwise. It is a fact.

Presidential elections always turn on personalities, they turn on how campaigns are run, they turn on natural desires for change.

I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing.

Iran has to live up to its international obligations. . . . The president has said that our patience is not unlimited.

The Warren Court wasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution... I intend to succeed where they failed.

My central focus is what are we doing to protect the American people and the American homeland? Afghanistan and Pakistan are critical elements in that process.

People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time.