As we watch the world today, sometimes it seems that we`re at the mercy of events instead of shaping events. And a strong America`s essential to shape events, and a strong America, by the way, depends on a strong military.

It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.

I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.

We in America can compete successfully with anyone in the world, and we're going to.

I think people want to see change, want to see something new and Hillary Clinton is just not that person.

I will work and fight for stem cell research.

It's essential for a president to show strength from the very beginning, to make it very clear what is acceptable and not acceptable.