A Pakistan that falls apart, becomes a failed state, would be of extraordinary danger to Afghanistan and to America.

In the richest country in the history of the world, this Obama economy has crushed the middle class. Family income has fallen by $4,000, but health insurance premiums are higher, food prices are higher, utility bills are higher, and gasoline prices have doubled. Today more Americans wake up in poverty than ever before.

I don't doubt for a second that Neil Armstrong's spirit is still with us: that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.

I'm not going to say to Putin that he'll get more flexibility after the election. After the election he'll get more backbone.

If I'm President of the United States, when I'm President of the United States, we will stand with Israel.

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

There are some who would have a presidential candidate describe and explain his church's distinctive doctrines. To do so would enable the very religious test the founders prohibited in the Constitution. No candidate should become the spokesman for his faith. For if he becomes President he will need the prayers of the people of all faiths.