It seems to me that President Carter has earned his place as if not the worst president in history, the worst president of the 20th Century.

[Several candidates talked of problems with the federal Medicare system, particularly concerns about whether it would cover prescription drug costs in the future.] We're asking senior citizens to make a choice between their health and their income, ... Medicare is probably the most difficult challenge we face in the next century, because it has a lot to do with other things besides money.

Our economy, I think, is still -- the fundamentals of our economy are strong.

I think [social media] is fundamentally restructuring the whole nature of information and how it's expressed in America.

Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone.

I think that when you look at the great politicians, the two greatest in my view were George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, they certainly had character traits. You also know Abraham Lincoln overcame severe depression problems that he had when he was younger, which gave him the strength and the character later on.

I am a computer illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance I can get.