I think the platform ought to be pro-life. It is the basis of the Republican Party. People have got to understand that abortion is not a contraceptive.

The future success of our Nation depends on our children's ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices. To help them reach their full potential and live with integrity and pride, we must teach our children to be kind, responsible, honest, and self-disciplined. These important values are first learned in the family, but all of our citizens have an obligation to support parents in the character education of our children

On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.

It is written that adversity introduces us to ourselves.

I'm the only president who really put it out in the State of the Union and was very specific about how I felt we ought to do it.

I would still invade Iraq even if Iraq never existed

Iraq and Afghanistan are now democracies and they are allies in the cause of freedom and peace.