I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values.

I am not President Bush.

Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right.

Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times.

We know that Medicare's going broke in seven years, but we need to start over. That's what the American people want us to do.

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.

There's a certain romanticism associated with exploration of space, which is one of the major factors why we'll continue.