Ronald Reagan and Ron Paul had a message that was clear, it was principled, and it inspired. It was a vision for a future.

But you know what? There's far more pain involved in rolling over, far more pain in hiding.

Here's why most campaigns get data wrong. They treat it as an afterthought and they treat it as sort of a logistic.

In the history of humanity, there's never been a country like America.

To earn the support of grass-roots activists, you have to spend real time, looking them in the eyes, answering their questions. Part of it is also you have to have a message that inspires people.

America has receded from the world. Today our friends and allies don't trust us. And our enemies don't fear us. I think we should get back, number one, to American leadership in the world.

It's just like calling homosexuals 'gays.' Gay means happy! You know, it's just to try to dilute it so that it becomes socially acceptable, and if you say anything against homosexual marriage or anything - 'Oh, you're not tolerant.' So we're supposed to prostitute our principles, on behalf of tolerance.