She was also determined to bring opportunity to all those who had been overlooked and left behind.

I know her legacy will live on in all those who walk the trails she blazed and walk through the doors she opened.

Stephanie was an extraordinary American and an outstanding public servant.

He needs to run as a team. He needs to make this the Democrats vs. the Republicans, or he could be in serious trouble.

I love America. So do you. And so does John McCain.

I'm not going to let anybody question my patriotism.

We must also recognize that we cannot succeed in Afghanistan or secure America as long as there is a terrorist safe-haven in northwest Pakistan.

I will let no one question my love of this country.

The next Commander-in-Chief is going to have to exercise the best possible judgment in getting us through these difficult times.

The idea that no matter where you come from, or what you look like, or who your parents are, this is a place where anything is possible.

I have called for more resources and more troops to finish the fight in Afghanistan.

I have never suggested that Senator McCain picks his positions on national security based on politics or personal ambition.

This is the central front in the war on terrorism.

There are people like Sam Nunn, a Democrat or Dick Lugar, a Republican, who I'd listen to on foreign policy.

Evil does exist. I mean, I think we see evil all the time. We see evil in Darfur. We see evil sadly on the streets of our cities. We see evil in parents who viciously abuse their children.

What I can say is that under the approach I'm taking, if you make $150,000 or less, you will see a tax cut. If you're making $250,000 a year or more, you're going to see a modest increase.

I would not have nominated Clarence Thomas. I don't think that he was a strong enough jurist or legal thinker at the time for that elevation.

I had a difficult youth. My father wasn't in the house. I've written about this. There were times where I experimented with drugs and I drank in my teenage years. And what I trace this to as a certain selfishness on my part.