We ought to be people of compassion. And being people of compassion means we deny ourselves, and our self centeredness.

How could I get up there and say, 'People, we've got to do better,' when I was the poster child for everything that was wrong? I've always believed leaders don't ask others to do what they're unwilling to do.

There is a difference between people who are educated and people who are smart.

Competition breeds excellence, including in the GOP race.

I think that I would have made a fine president. But it really came down for me to a very personal, a very intimate and a spiritual decision. I don't rule anything out for the long-term future.

Lets all be reminded, 60 million Americans are on Social Security, 60 million. A third of those people depend on 90% of their income from Social Security. Nobody in this country is on Social Security because they made the decision when they were starting work at 14 that they wanted to trust some of their money with the government.

There's never been a civilization that has rewritten what marriage and family means and survived.