I want to make a toast to all at this press event who agree with Thomas Jefferson, who said that our liberty depends on the freedom of the press. So I want to lift a glass to those who defend that freedom. Our finest, the men and women in uniform who defend that freedom, our Constitution, and our exceptional way of life in America.

I'm just one of many moms who will say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm's way.

I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening.

We have to fight for our freedoms, also, economic and our national security freedoms.

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests.

I love those hockey moms. You know what they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Lipstick.

What the federal government should have done is accept the assistance of foreign countries, of entrepreneurial Americans who have had solution that they wanted presented ... The Dutch and the Norwegians, they are known for dikes and for cleaning up water and for dealing with spills.