The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of [CIA] sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious, of traitors.

It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.

Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me. It wasn’t just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union together. Some people even forget that today. What I think inspired me was the fact that in spite of being the president of the United States he retained a certain down-to-earth quality. He never got to be a big shot, and he cared about people.

I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good.

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.

I believe with all my heart that one cannot be America's president without a belief in God, without the strength that your faith gives you.