I think what the president [Barack Obama] understands, and what he's trying to do, is that we have to support the Arab and Kurdish fighters on the ground who are actually doing the fighting.

There hasn't been anybody whose life has been picked apart and distorted as much as mine.

Every moment wasted looking back, keeps us from moving forward.

Don't worry about things, that you can do better next time. Don't worry about stuff you can't control.

I think it's important to look at what we need to do to get the economy going again. That's why I said new jobs with rising incomes, investments, not in more tax cuts that would add $5 trillion to the debt.

We've got to get back to rebuilding the middle class, the families of America. That's where growth will come from.

I am proud to stand with hardworking families all over Toledo, Ohio and America who should have the same chance that I did to share in the American dream, which should be big enough for everybody.