Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing.

A hero is someone who over and over does the right thing even though no one is there to witness it.

The problem is you tend to look back and identify mistakes, and as a consequence of feeling terrible about mistakes you say you bungled this so bad, let's get out of here.

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

It was not just inappropriate behavior