The average voter out there understands that the next president is going to have to be prepared to immediately step in without hesitation and end our involvement in Iraq. It's very difficult to figure out how to move on to broader foreign policy concerns without fixing Iraq first.

Everyone plagiarizes me. Ever since I wrote my autobiography.

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

There's no reason the nation of Africa cannot and should not join the ranks of the world's most prosperous nations in the near term, in the decades ahead. There is simply no reason.

To be an ally is a formal military alliance. And we have a formal military alliance in NATO. But we are partners with other countries all across the world. And they're - they will be a partner.

The truth is I don't regret it. It was the right decision [not run for president] for my family, and the right decision for me.

Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive.