I believe that there is great hope and great potential for every country to be able to live and be protected with inalienable rights that I believe are God-given.

Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge, and children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.

The only future Barack Obama is trying to win is his own re-election.

A gasline will help shape our economic future - the same way that oil has shaped our economic present.

Assange is not a 'journalist' any more than the 'editor' of al-Qaeda's new English-language magazine 'Inspire' is a 'journalist.' He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands.

Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy.

I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is a law. While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor's office that I didn't believe our citizens should have to pay for. That luxury jet was over-the-top. I put it on eBay.