Sometimes I think the environment in which we operate is entirely too secular. The fact that we have freedom of religion doesn't mean we need to try to have freedom from religion

I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.

I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.

You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.

I issued a number of denials to people I thought needed to hear them

Demand that your government pays more attention. It's immoral that people in Africa die like flies of diseases that no one dies of in the United States. And the more disease there is, the more political unrest there will be, leading to more Darfurs, which the U.S. will have to pay to fix.

There are always going to be people who want to be president, and some days I'd like to give it to them.