I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results.

It's not a world war yet, but we're at war, because ISIS has declared war on us.

I have been tested. I have beaten breast cancer. I have buried a child. I started as a secretary. I fought my way to the top of corporate America while being called every B word in the book. I fought my way into this election and on to this debate stage while all the political insiders and the pundits told, "it couldn't be done."

As president, the first thing I will do is secure the border. It will take money, manpower, and technology - but most of all, it will take political will.

The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out.

When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.

People who describe culture and values and how people behave - I've heard people refer to it as 'the soft stuff'-they often underestimate its importance. The soft stuff actually is the hard stuff.