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

If you can look back and say, "The economy's better. Our security's better. The environment's better. Our kids' education is better," if you can say that you've made things better, then considering all the challenges out there, you should feel good. But I'm the first to acknowledge that I did not crack the code in terms of reducing this partisan fever.

I will eliminate capital-gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow

If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won't know what to protect. We won't know what to fight for.

There are enormous resources in Greece.

We shouldn't assume that government is always trying to do the wrong thing.

Some people only speak of freedom of speech while they're out of power. Once they're in power, they're ruthless in suppressing the rights of others.