The Republican party does have a lot of work to do. But changing our principles is not a winning strategy. We need to modernize, not moderate.

We need a doer, not a talker.

I'm so tired of the left trying to divide us by race. One of the things I said today in my speech, we're not Indian-Americans, African-Americans, Irish-Americans, rich Americans, poor Americans. We're all Americans.

Higher taxes still does not create prosperity for all. And, more government still does not grow jobs.

Peace through strength works. We've got the greatest military in the world. I want them to dominate any potential conflict.

I want to create a culture of life where every innocent human life is welcome to the world. I know those are difficult cases, but I am prolife. And I understand we've got to go through the Supreme Court.

I think it's offensive to equate evangelical Christians, Catholics, others that view marriage as between a man and a woman, as being racist. We're not racist. We love our fellow man, we think we're all equal under God's eyes, we don't believe we should change the definition of marriage simply because of opinion polls or because of a court that quite frankly isn't looking at the constitution.