I can't speculate on what did or did not happen. I only know what I said and what I intended to convey.

You know, people make a lot of money talking about me, don't they?

When you're facing a difficult issue that you absolutely can do nothing about - I can't fly the plane; I can't change the weather - falling asleep, you'll either wake up and things will be fine or you won't.

When I was in the Senate, I had eight great years working with the community on major issues, trying to deal with problems that people brought to my attention. That's certainly what I intend to do as president. I think that is what President Obama has done.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard.

Reconciling with an adversary that can be as brutal as the Taliban sounds distasteful, even unimaginable. And diplomacy would be easy if we only had to talk to our friends. But that is not how one makes peace.

What I am proposing is that we invest from the middle out and the ground up, not the top down. That is not going to work.