Government should allow people to go out and do the things Americans have always done, create jobs and prosperity. And America's role in the world - the world is a safer and better place when America is the strongest country in the world.

We need American foreign policy that tells the world very clearly that it is bad to be our enemy and good to be our friend.

And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there.

I am as conservative as anyone running in this [president's] race, but I am a conservative that can win. That's a big deal.

I have no intention of being vice president. I have said it clearly.

To tackle the big and relevant issues of the day with bold and innovative ideas is without question the most rewarding way to serve.

The American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn't really about becoming rich or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that.