I run for president because I believe that we can't just save the American dream; we can expand it to reach more people and change more lives than ever before.

I've seen how the left has used it to accuse opponents of their version of reform of being bigots and racists.

Hope and Change has become Divide and Conquer.

The problem is that when government controls the economy, those who can influence government keep winning, and everybody else just stays the same.

The millions currently trapped in poverty and despair are a tremendous untapped resource. Just think of what it would mean for America to gain full use of the talents and abilities of all her people. They would develop new innovations to improve our lives, or help build the next great American company.

I would love nothing more than compromise. But I would say to you that compromise that's not a solution is a waste of time.

The vast majority of the American people are hard-working taxpayers who take responsibility for their families, go to work every day, they pay their mortgage on time, they volunteer in the community.