I've got a great sense of where I want to lead and I'm comfortable with why I'm running. And, you know, the call on that speech was, beware. This is going to be a tough campaign.

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.

I think -- tide turning -- see, as I remember -- I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of -- it's easy to see a tide turn -- did I say those words?

We're fighting people that hates our values, they can't stand what America stands for.

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.

I don't worry about long-term history. I won't be around to read it.

I do believe in the sanctity of marriage. ...But I don't see that as conflict with being a tolerant person or an understanding person.