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

There were a couple of times I wondered whether I was going to get a pink slip.

Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door, and what we do with our lives after we do, is up to us.

Growing our economy means allowing individuals, and particularly those in the middle class, to be able to keep more of their money. It also means that people in the middle class and modest incomes to be able to pay for their retirement, to get a down payment for a home, to send a child to college.

The founders proscribed the establishment of a state religion, but they did not countenance the elimination of religion from the public square. We are a nation 'Under God' and in God, we do indeed trust.

I believe we should use any and all means necessary to take out people who pose a threat to us and our friends around the world.

When you give a speech you don't go through a laundry list, you talk about the things that you think are important.