President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and their team have failed the American people, and that is why their majority will soon be out the door.

I'm not going to say to Putin that he'll get more flexibility after the election. After the election he'll get more backbone.

My doctrine is as I've described, which is confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might.

We can believe as we want, but we should not force our beliefs on others.

This, in my view, is the highest responsibility of the President of the United States, which is to maintain the safety of the American people.

You know, circumstances can change, but I'm just not going to let my head go there.

The principles that made this nation a great and powerful leader of the world, have not lost their meaning. They never will. We know we can bring this country back. I'm Mitt Romney. I believe in America. And I'm running for president of the United States.