Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not raise taxes on middle-income Americans.

If people are looking for someone who has never changed their mind and is unwilling to admit they make mistakes, that's not me.

This is a nation of immigrants. We welcome people coming to this country as immigrants. My dad was born in Mexico of American parents; Ann's dad was born in Wales and is a first-generation American. We welcome legal immigrants into this country.

That the policies - from energy to labor policies, trade policies, government policies relating to debt and deficits are all aligning in such a way that America, far from being one of the places people are running from, is a place people are going to come to and add jobs.

Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.

Real change isn't measured with words, it is measured with real achievements.

If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.