I've said this before and I'm very proud of it, that when it comes to judgment, having run a hard race against Senator [Barack] Obama at the time, he turned to me to be secretary of State. And when it comes to the biggest counterterrorism issues that we faced in this administration, namely whether or not to go after bin Laden, I was at that table, I was exercising my judgment to advise the president on what to do, on that, on Iran, on Russia on China, on a whole raft of issues.

It is time for us to say no, we are not going to backwards, we're going forward into a brighter future.

I'm not going to tell people that I will raise your incomes and not your taxes, and not mean it, because I don't want to see the kind of struggle that the middle class is going through exemplified by these promises that would raise taxes and make it much more difficult for many, many Americans to get ahead and stay ahead. That is not my agenda.

The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.

I want to be the best president I can be for every American.

I don't think someone should try to bully and insult their way to the presidency.

Race remains a significant challenge in America.