I respect Sarah Palin. I appreciate her and her husband enormously. I think she will continue to play a major role in the future of the Republican Party.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. It's kleptocracy, it's corruption, it's a nation that's really only dependent upon oil and gas for their economy.

We are united in a wait-and-see approach.

We must be true to ourselves. And we must be true to others, whether they believe we are or not.

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

I love the veterans. And I'll take care of them. And they know that I'll take care of them. And that's going to be my job. But, also, I have the ability, and the knowledge, and the background to make the right judgments, to keep America safe and secure.

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