I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.

I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.

A wise man once said, 'Every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is. If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies.' My fellow Americans: We can debate policies and programs, but in the end what separates the two parties in this election campaign is whether we use the gift of life for others or only ourselves.

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

You don't go through a bloodbath like this and then walk away from it.

The promise of our country is that the rules are fair. If you work hard and play by the rules, you can earn your share of America's blessings. Those are the beliefs I learned from my parents.