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.

Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.

And I have a plan to do even better, to end welfare as we know it

I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake.

We have no intention of abandoning the American people to unproven theories and extreme positions. We're the people party and we're going to stick up for the people.

Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.

When you're president, you learn to act like you know what you're talking about. And it's a great skill.