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 worry about a culture that devalues life and believe as your president I have an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.

And I strongly support the faith-based initiative that we're proposing, because I don't believe it violates the line between the separation of church and state, and I believe it's going to make America a better place.

Through adoption, Americans can forever change not only a child's life but also their own.

But as importantly, it lies in the fact that we've got citizens from all walks of life, all political parties, that are willing to say, I want to love my neighbor. I want to make somebody's life just a little bit better.

[Islam] inspires countless individuals to lead lives of honesty, integrity, and morality.

I want everybody to hear loud and clear that I'm going to be the president of everybody.