But we have a war of ideals and ideas, and that is to sell democracy.

I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of legislation, as is typical of what's being proposed by my friends on the other side of the aisle, opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems.

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.

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.

I think that decisions should rest in the hands of the states. I'm a federalist.

In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. It wasn't until I had lost America for a time that I realized how much I loved her.