When the President is making it harder to mine coal, to use coal, to take advantage of our gas resources, to make it harder to get our oil resources - all those things combine to make our cost of energy higher than it needs to be, and it drives away enterprises from this country. It sends it to places that have lower-cost energy.

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

The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates and their positions without burdensome limitations.

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

And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.

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

A Pakistan that falls apart, becomes a failed state, would be of extraordinary danger to Afghanistan and to America.