Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote.

Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that?

If I lose, I'm going to retire from politics, practice law, and wear bright leather pants.

I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the American people.

I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States.

I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome.

I want to rebuild America.