We must always meet our obligation to those who fall behind without our assistance. But let's remember, without a race there can be no champion, no records broken, no excellence - in education or any other walk of life.

You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between left or right. Well, I'd like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There's only an up or down.

I want to talk about political and economic fairy tales.

The American people cannot close their eyes to abuses of human rights and injustice, whether they occur among friend or adversary or even on our own shores.

The current tax code is a daily mugging.

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed a world.