This is a global effort we're going to have to lead to overcome this jihadist effort. It's more than Osama bin Laden. But he is going to pay, and he will die.

America's going to come back, and for that to happen, we're going to have to have a president who can work across the aisle.

Rick, I’ll tell you what - ten thousand bucks? Ten thousand dollar bet?

What we have, what we wish we had - ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed, investments won, investments lost, elections won, elections lost - these things may occupy our attention, but they do not define us.

I went to a number of women's groups and said, "Can you help us find folks," and they brought us whole binders full of women.

Small business is where jobs come from. Two-thirds of our jobs come from small businesses.

And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.' It could be worse? Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better.