From the moment I take office, I will stand up to the special interests and stand with hardworking families so that we can give America back its future and its ideals.

Israel gets more than half of all the military purchasing assistance that America gives to all the nations in the world.

War on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law-enforcement operation.

I know something about aircraft carriers for real.

When the nations of the world look upon the United States, they see a country which has achieved what they would all like to become one day. Whether it is in the field of science, art, music, agriculture, politics, economics or war, the United States is the leader.

Sunni are the majority of the [Syria], 60 to 65 percent. They've been ruled by [Bashar] Assad, who represents a minority Alawite element, which is about 12, 13 percent. And because of the choices Assad made, it's very difficult to see how you resolve this without buy-in from the Sunni world.

Ask Osama bin Laden is he is better off now than he was four years ago.