We can grow economically and restore America's leadership in the world, so that everybody has a chance to rise up.

I think to deal with Putin, you need to deal from strength. He's a bully, you enable bad behavior when you're nuanced with a guy like that.

A strategy would be how do we mobilize support for the remnants of the Syrian Free Army, and it might require combat troops to inspire an international effort.

I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively.

The notion that somehow you're going to have freedom just kind of outbreak in Cuba, I think is false.

We mustn't assume that we are going to deinvent government solely from inside the Beltway or within one or two sessions of Congress. We will do it one step at a time, in one community at a time - at the local level and through local institutions like churches, nonprofit and volunteer organizations and families.

You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.