Our nation's continued prosperity hinges on our ability to solve environmental problems and sustain the natural resources on which we all depend.

The role of the vice president is to break ties in the Senate and inquire daily into the health of the president.

[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.

The political tactics of division and slander are not our values. They are corrupting influences on religion and politics, and those who practice them in the name of religion or in the name of the Republican Party or in the name of America shame our faith, our party and our country.

As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win.

I believe strongly that we should have nominees to the United States Supreme Court based on their qualifications rather than any litmus test.

Why am I running for president? Well, my wife, Cindy, says it is because I sustainedseveral severe blows to the head in prison camp.