Let Detroit go bankrupt.

Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it's time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.

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

President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on Castro's Cuba. He abandoned our friends in Poland by walking away from our missile defense commitments, but is eager to give Russia's President Putin the flexibility he desires, after the election. Under my administration, our friends will see more loyalty, and Mr. Putin will see a little less flexibility and more backbone.

No person I have ever met, not even the most righteous or pure of heart, has gone without those times when faith recedes in the busy-ness of life.

You can't have 23 million people struggling to get a job. You can't have an economy that over the last three years keeps slowing down its growth rate. You can't have kids coming out of college, half of them can't find a job today, or a job that's commensurate with their college degree. We have to get our economy going.

The greatest threat that the world faces, the greatest national security threat is a nuclear Iran.