I want to tell the vice president and everybody else that when I'm president there will be a controlling legal authority.

I think we also ought to prepare the American public, by way of informing them, that Saddam Hussein has these weapons, continues to attempt to improve their capability, and would not be reluctant to export them to other countries. So he presents a clear and present danger.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

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.

Americans have gotten to know Sarah Palin. They know that she's a role model to women and other - and reformers all over America. She's a reformer.

I am confident, with the leadership and the backing of the American people, President Obama will turn this country around.