Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.

I do not believe the promises of the Declaration of Independence are just for the strong, the independent, the healthy. They are for everyone-including unborn children. We are a society with enough compassion and wealth and love to care for both mothers and their children, to seek the promise and potential in every life.

An all-volunteer army is best suited to fight the new wars of the 21st century.

Men are like bank accounts. Without a lot of money they don't generate a lot of interest.

I said, going into Iraq, "We've got to take threats seriously before they full materialize." I saw a threat. I fully believe it was the right decision to remove Saddam Hussein, and I fully believe the world is better off without him.

I've changed my style somewhat, as you know. I'm less - I pontificate less, although it may be hard to tell it from this show. And I'm more interacting with people.

America needs a military where our breast and brightest are proud to serve.