I would set aside all these budget cuts that are going to devastate the F.B.I., the C.I.A., and the N.S.A. Sequestration, cuts, are not only gutting the military, they're gutting the F.B.I. So if I were president, I would set these cuts aside. I would reinstate the N.S.A. program as robust as possible within the constitutional limits.

If someone tries to put limits on the press, I'll be the first one standing up for the right of press, left and right, to continue saying and being part of the discussion and forwarding the discussion.

I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.

Roll back federal spending to 2008 levels.

I think Republicans will not win again in my lifetime ... unless they become a new GOP, a new Republican Party. And it has to be a transformation. Not a little tweaking at the edges.

I don't think we're doing an adequate vetting process of those who are coming to our country.

The Republican platform specifically says we don't believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did.