We still have the most talented, most productive workers of any country on Earth.

As president, I'll end the war in Iraq by asking the Iraqis to step up. And I will finally finish the fight against bin Laden and al Qaeda. We will put them out of business.

We are actually spending more in Iraq now than we were spending when the war first started. How many schools would that build? How many hospitals? How many people could get health care? How many college scholarships could we give our…

I'm reminded every single day that I am not a perfect man. I will not be a perfect president. But I can promise you this: I will always tell you what I think and where I stand. I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face…

We've seen over the last eight years how decisions by a president can have a profound effect on the course of history and on American lives. But much that's wrong in our country goes back even farther than that.

What happened in the financial markets was the final verdict on eight years of failed policies. And we're now going through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

Lately, he's called me a socialist for wanting to roll back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans so we can finally give tax relief to the middle class. I don't know what's next. By the end of the week he'll be accusing me of…

In six days, we can choose an economy that rewards work and creates jobs and fuels prosperity, starting with the middle class.

We don't need another president who fights for Washington lobbyists and Wall Street.

The last thing we need is four more years of no regulation on Wall Street and the financial sectors because politicians and lobbyists kill common sense regulation.

It's time for the kind of peace and prosperity that we saw in the 1990s.