"The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it."

"Mitt Romney has never been resigned to what someone else said was possible. He cut his own path. That's why he believes in his heart that America has a future full of opportunity and hope. And that's why when Mitt Romney looks down the road, he sees a country that's ready for a comeback."

"We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his daughter doesn't know he lost his job, the recent college grad facing up to the painful reality that the only door that's open to her after four years of study and a pile of debt is her parents'. These are the faces of the Obama economy."

"Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish."

"It is imperative for the health and safety of millions of workers that we ensure that breathing systems needed for protection are widely available, convenient and economical."

"My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health."

"I had all kinds of food issues, including health concerns and weight concerns."

"The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens."