Inherent to socialism is the absence of choice. If I want to choose my own pretzels or books or iphones, they prevent me - they fine me, or imprison me. And those systems, not infrequently have historically, have developed into systems where there are pogroms.

This whole sort of 'war on women' sort of thing, I'm scratching my head because if there was a war on women, I think they won.

We should understand the limitations of war. We should understand the sacrifices our young men and women go through losing lives and limbs. And they should only do it for the highest of purposes.

I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.

Out of regime change you get chaos. From the chaos you have seen repeatedly the rise of radical Islam. So we get this profession of, oh, my goodness, they want to do something about terrorism and yet they're the problem because they allow terrorism to arise out of that chaos.

I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.

How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security?