I want to make sure that we make America more competitive. And that we do those things that make America the most attractive place in the world for entrepreneurs, innovators, businesses to grow.

China has to understand America wants to trade with them. We want a world that's stable. We like free enterprise, but you got to play by the rules.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

We should have communicated to Iran that we are prepared, that we are considering military options. They're not just on the table, they are in our hands.

I saw the young man over there with eggs Benedict, with hollandaise sauce. And I was going to suggest to you that you serve your eggs with hollandaise sauce in hubcaps. Because there's no plates like chrome for the hollandaise.

People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.

Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government, usurping the power of states and imposing a one-size-fits-all plan on the nation. That will not work.