We have an opportunity to have real leadership. America's going to have that kind of leadership and continue to promote principles of peace to make a world a safer place and make people in this country more confident that their future is secure.

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.

We have a long-standing tradition in this country to follow the advice of Senator Vandenberg, which is that politics ends at the water's edge.

I don't like to have the federal government start pushing its weight deeper and deeper into our schools. Let the states and localities do that.

We have always been a nation that has celebrated success of various kinds. The kid that gets the honor roll, the individual worker that gets a promotion, the person that gets a better job. And in fact, the person that builds a business. And by the way, if you have a business and you started it, you did build it. And you deserve credit for that.

In America, we celebrate success. We don't apologize for success.

It's essential for a president to show strength from the very beginning, to make it very clear what is acceptable and not acceptable.