I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I'll fix it.

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

The words spoken by the leader of the free world can expand the frontiers of freedom or shrink them. When Ronald Reagan called on Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall,' a surge of confidence rose that would ultimately breach the bounds of the evil empire.

I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.

Three years ago, this week, a newly elected President Obama faced the American people and he said, look, if I can't turn this economy around in three years, I'll be looking at a one-term proposition, and we're here to collect! You know the results. It's been 35 months of unemployment above 8 percent.

I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed.