People intuitively know that trade is good for our country. We just have to get the right trade agreements.

I'm a change agent. And what we're beginning to see is a lot of the establish people, one more time, trying to stop me.

Economic growth is the key to everything. But once you have economic growth, it is important that we reach out to people who live in the shadows, the people who don't seem to ever think that they get a fair deal. And that includes people in our minority community; that includes people who feel as though they don't have a chance to move up.

I was not in favor of U.S. troops in Lebanon. And I voted against it.

I'm not a big guy that believes that you gain energy from demonizing other people. I think you gain energy from giving people hope.

I can't work any harder. I can't do any more. I am literally just blown away and humbled by the volunteers and how hard they're working. I think they've got a sense that they're going to be part of something bigger than themselves.

Our biggest challenge in this digital age that we are entering is how do we effectively begin to train people for the jobs that are going to exist and not have them be stuck on jobs that are going to go away? And this is a big deal. And it requires the businesses of this country to, in my opinion, first of all, demand changes in the education system and also develop innovative, creative ways to have industries train people for the skills that are necessary for the jobs that are coming.