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.

China can be our partner, but that doesn't mean they can just roll all over us and steal our jobs on an unfair basis.

I was in the world of business for 25 years. If you didn't balance your budget, you went out of business.

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.

Together we will build an America where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker.

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.

You can't control Ted Cruz for instance. No one has suggested you could do that and Marco Rubio, everyone tried to stop Marco Rubio from going against a sitting Republican governor in Florida. He did it anyway and won.