I stand ready to lead us down a different path where we're lifted up by our desire to succeed, not dragged down by a resentment of success.

I think when people accuse you of a crime, you have every reason to go after them pretty hard.

I'll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry's come back.

I understand the impact of those kinds of factors on job creation. I will have a very different policy. My policy on energy is to take advantage of coal, oil, natural gas, as well as our renewables, and nuclear - make America the largest energy producer in the world.

America's military is second to none in the world. We're blessed with terrific soldiers, and extraordinary technology and intelligence. But the idea of a trillion dollars in cuts through sequestration and budget cuts to the military would change that.

Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.

Iraq is fragile and may fall back into a devastating setting. We're not making the kind of progress in Afghanistan that had been promised. And our esteem around the world has fallen. I can't think of a major country. It's hard to think of a single country that has greater respect and admiration for America today than it did five years ago when Barack Obama became President. And that's a very sad, unfortunate state of affairs.