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.

It's false advertising to call Mrs. Obama the First Lady. First Woman, maybe, but certainly not a lady. Ann Romney is an actual lady.

Ok to appoint atheists or agnostics-no litmus test of faith.

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.

America's going to come back, and for that to happen, we're going to have to have a president who can work across the aisle.

As we watch the world today, sometimes it seems that we`re at the mercy of events instead of shaping events. And a strong America`s essential to shape events, and a strong America, by the way, depends on a strong military.

On our watch, the conversation with a would-be suicide bomber will not begin with the words, 'You have the right to remain silent.'