I'm not an expert on the ways of Washington [but] it makes no sense to me that we're not funding control of our border.

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.

We need a serious leader to deal with this. And I believe I'm that guy.

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.

This is a tough business to run for president.

It's at the core of the Catholic faith, and to imagine how we are going to succeed in our country unless we have committed family life, a child-centered family system, is hard to imagine.

I try to have my voice be heard, but not on a regular basis on TV.