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

Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning.

If you want to serve the country, you recognize it's rough and tumble. And it's nothing like serving your country in the military.

I'll also make sure that America has trade relations with China that work for us. I've watched year in and year out as companies have shut down and people have lost their jobs because China has not played by the same rules, in part by holding down artificially the value of their currency. It holds down the prices of their goods. It means our goods aren't as competitive and we lose jobs. That's got to end.

But I am pro-life and will intend, if I’m president of the United States, to encourage pro-life policies. [...] And I hope to appoint justices to the Supreme Court that will follow the law and the constitution. And it would be my preference that they reverse Roe v. Wade and therefore they return to the people and their elected representatives the decisions with regards to this important issue.

In the political environment that exists today, the opposition research of the Obama campaign is looking for anything they can use to distract from the failure of the president to reignite our economy. And Im simply not enthusiastic about giving them hundreds or thousands of more pages to pick through, distort, and lie about.

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