No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate, they know that this is the place that we were born and raised.

So if we use birth control we don't need to be married?

The mantle of leadership for promoting the principles of peace has fallen to America. We didn't ask for it. But it's an honor that we have it.

I know what it takes to balance budgets. I have done it my entire life.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

I respect the right of Israel to defend itself, and - and we stand with - with Israel. We're a - a nation - two nations that come together in - in peace and that want to see Iran being dissuaded from its nuclear folly.

I'm a big believer in getting money from where the money is, and the money is in Washington. I learned from running the Olympics that you can get money there to help build economic opportunities. We actually got over $410 million from the federal government; that is a huge increase over anything ever done before. We did that by going after every agency of government. That kind of creativity I want to bring to everything we do (in Massachusetts).