Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.

China can be our partner, but that doesn't mean they can just roll all over us and steal our jobs on an unfair basis.

People who are government servants, public servants, should not be paid more than the taxpayers who are paying for it.

I like American cars. And I would do nothing to hurt the U.S. auto industry.

Today's misery is real unemployment, home foreclosures and bankruptcies. This is the Obama Misery Index - and it's at a record high. It's going to take more than new rhetoric to put Americans back to work - it's going to take a new president.

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 never really called myself pro-choice.