I'm not a performer. If they're looking for entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy.

I'm not an expert on the ways of Washington [but] it makes no sense to me that we're not funding control of our border.

If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue enhancement - put me in, Coach.

By blaming others, we fail to find the real solutions to our problems and we do not carry out our own responsibilities.

Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.

I'm the tortoise in the race, but I'm a joyful tortoise.

If I'm president, I'll be a commander-in-chief, not an agitator- in-chief or a divider-in-chief, that I will lead this country in a way that will create greater security and greater safety.

I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.

As a candidate, I intend to let everyone hear my message, including the many who can express their love of country in a different language.

We can grow economically and restore America's leadership in the world, so that everybody has a chance to rise up.

The progressive and liberal mindset believes that to every problem there is a Washington, D.C., solution.

It's often in your most miserable times that you will realize your potential

Solving a problem is intelligence. Preventing a problem is wisdom.

We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf"--Opening to "My Father's Son, " attributed to George Orwell

I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and cool.

My career is my girlfriend.

God is diverse and inclusive, not limited and exclusive. You're thinking of a Country Club.

If the all powerful god controls satan he is an accomplice, and if he doesn't, he is not an all powerful god.

There was no "decision" per se to re-position myself. I simply decided that I wanted to write a book that would help people influence others.

Our task is nothing less than the creation of a new constitutional order for a new united Europe.

The press has met their Waterloo, and it's Obama.