I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee.

A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.

Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics.

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.