Because of the internet and communications, the clash of cultures is much more direct. People feel, I think, less certain about their identity, less certain about economic security.

I don't want to make decisions about what I'm eating or wearing. Because I have too many other decisions to make.

I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House.

That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door.

I will begin to remove our troops from Iraq immediately.

We should never hesitate to use military force, and I will not, as president, in order to keep the American people safe. But we have to use our military wisely. And we did not use our military wisely in Iraq.

You know, I have more than enough to do without having to worry about the financial system.