Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.

The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.

I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that if you opt for children - be you man or woman - you have to take care of them.

I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.

If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.

I don't like attacking.

Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.