Mom and Dad were married 64 years. And if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist - because every day Dad gave Mom a rose, which he put on her bedside table. That's how she found out what happened on the day my father died - she went looking for him because that morning, there was no rose.

Russia does continue to battle us in the U.N. time and time again. I have clear eyes on this. I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. And I'm certainly not going to say to him, I'll give you more flexibility after the election. After the election, he'll get more backbone.

I think the minimum wage outght to keep pace with inflation. I think the minimum wage is a good thing to have in our country and I think it ought to be updated.

It's not government that makes business successful. It's not government investments that makes businesses grow and hire people.

Ronald Reagan was able to accomplish extraordinary purposes for our country without having to put our military forces into conflict.

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

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