In order to be able to fulfill our role in the world, America must be strong. America must lead. And for that to happen, we have to strengthen our economy here at home.

I'm not sure about these cookies ... They came from the local 7/11 bakery, or whatever.

That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story. Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples – where I’m pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping; The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised. At a time when nobody thought we’d ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana.

This feels good being back in Michigan. You know, the trees are the right height.

We have a long-standing tradition in this country to follow the advice of Senator Vandenberg, which is that politics ends at the water's edge.

We conservatives don't have a corner on saying no. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.

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