Juneteenth is a day for celebration of freedom and family, but also a day that calls us all to rededicate ourselves to the convictions at the heart of our American experiment.

if I have the honor of taking the oath of office as President, it will be with a deep and abiding faith in the country I love.

America is a country of strong families and strong values.

Accountability and self-reliance.

On Juneteenth, hundreds of thousands of Americans were delivered from bondage as America finally reclaimed her dignity.

They taught me values straight from the Kansas heartland where they grew up.

My life's been blessed by both.

That's why I passed laws moving people from welfare to work, cut taxes for working families and extended health care for wounded troops who'd been neglected.

I have not and never have been of the Muslim faith. I think that those who are of the Muslim faith are deserving of respect and dignity.

I think families are -- are off-limits. I would never consider making Cindy McCain a campaign issue. And I -- and if I saw people doing that, I would speak out against it. And the fact that I haven't seen that from John McCain, I think, is…

You see I am not and never have been of the Muslim faith. I think that those who are of the Muslim faith are deserving of respect and dignity. But to try to feed into this fear mongering and to try to, you know, question, my faith…

I think families are off-limits. I would never consider making Cindy McCain a campaign issue. And I -- if I saw people doing that, I would speak out against it. And the fact that I haven't seen that from John McCain, I think, is a deep…