"Mitt Romney understands free enterprise, he has worked in it. He has seen companies succeed and he has seen them fail, too. He knows what people think about when they invest their money."

"We are a people that have always celebrated other people's success so long as we always had the opportunity to meet that success ourselves. That is the American nature. That is the American character. That is one of the things that makes us different from the rest of the world. And I'm afraid we could lose that or are on the verge of losing that."

"Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon their beliefs."

"But since her earliest days, America has inspired people from all over the world. Inspired them with the hope that one day their own countries would be one like this one."

"The thing about politics is to plan 10 years ahead, and assume every year is your last."

"War is what happens when language fails."

"Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets."

"Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether it's people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But it's also a cause for war and bloodshed."