In Texas, we hold very dear to intrusions against our personal liberty. We fight very hard against that.

We can have reasonable, thoughtful gun control measure that I think respect the Second Amendment and people's traditions.

If you're 54 or 55, you might want to listen because this will affect you. The idea, which was originally presented by Congressman Ryan, your running mate, is that we would give a voucher to seniors and they could go out in the private marketplace and buy their own health insurance.

One of the things I've learned about being president is that we'll work on issues for long periods of time, sometimes in obscurity.

We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward.

For decades, we've been told that it doesn't make economic sense to switch to renewable energy. Today, that's no longer true.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.