And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.' It could be worse? Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better.

PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air.

I think an amnesty program... which is what the president (George W. Bush) has proposed... those are reasonable proposals.

We conservatives don't have a corner on saying no. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.

You can't have 23 million people struggling to get a job. You can't have an economy that over the last three years keeps slowing down its growth rate. You can't have kids coming out of college, half of them can't find a job today, or a job that's commensurate with their college degree. We have to get our economy going.

Establishment suggests there must be some Wizard of Oz somewhere pulling the strings. That's not the way it works. There are individuals like myself. I sat there and watched Donald Trump, and I said, look, someone has got to say something.

I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of a opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises.