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

Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president who tells us what America is fighting for, not just what we are fighting against. We want a president who will defend human rights - not just where it is convenient - but wherever freedom is at risk - from Chile to Afghanistan, from Poland to South Africa

I should have had a circuitous answer; that was a non-answer.

People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.

Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy.

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

If you don't run, you can't win.