I have the greatest appreciation for Governor [Sarah] Palin and her family. There's great joy to know them.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

We are Americans first, Americans last, Americans always... Let us argue our differences. But remember we are not enemies, but comrades in a war against a real enemy...

I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.

Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

God may have mercy, but we won't.