The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.

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.

I will not cut our military budget by a trillion dollars, which is a combination of the budget cuts Barack Obama has, as well as the sequestration cuts. That, in my view, is making our future less certain and less secure.

Those who have come to the United States illegally should not be given amnesty or an easier path to citizenship over those already in line.

My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.

Ok to appoint atheists or agnostics-no litmus test of faith.

It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.