I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in, or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president.

I was an addict. That's why, ... I tell you, addiction is a very cunning enemy.

It's not social issues I care about.

As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, it's fine with me and I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al Qaeda is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day.

I have a fundamental belief in the goodness and strength of the American worker. And the American worker is the most productive, the most innovative. America is still the greatest producer, exporter and importer. I have a fundamental belief in the United States of America. And I still believe, under the right leadership, our best days are ahead of us.

Being chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is like being a mosquito in a nudist colony.

I don't think we are comforted by the fact that we were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States and obviously that's not correct.