Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning.

If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. You take a look!

By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter.

Through pro-growth policies, by abolishing Obamacare and eliminating other Obama-imposed impediments to economic growth, we will get our economy back on track.

I've met graduating college kids facing loan payments and a bad economy, and they are worried that they won't be able to get a job. This is not the way America needs to be.

People of different faiths, like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are so many differences in creed and theology. Surely the answer is that we can meet in service, in shared moral convictions about our nation stemming from a common worldview.

Culture, what you believe, what you value, how you live matters. Now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debates from time to time, so it is today with the enduring institution of marriage. Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.

Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it's time for you to get out of the way.

If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.

For those who have come here illegally, they might have a transition time to allow them to set their affairs in order. And then go back home and get in line with everybody else. And if they get in line and they apply to become a citizen and get a green card, they will be treated like everybody else.

It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth.

I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment and division. This isn't something we have to accept. Now is the moment when we can do something. With your help we will do something.

All the laws and legislation in the world will never heal this world like the loving hearts and arms of mothers and fathers. If every child could drift to sleep feeling wrapped in the love of their family - and God's love - this world would be a far more gentle and better place.

The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities, our families, our faiths. That is the bedrock of what makes America, America. In our best days, we can feel the vibrancy of America's communities, large and small.

If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama? You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him.

That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story.

Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples - where I'm pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping; The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised.

And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.

Third, we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences.

Fourth, to assure every entrepreneur and every job creator that their investments in America will not vanish as have those in Greece, we will cut the deficit and put America on track to a balanced budget.

I would love to say to all Americans: 'Each candidate is going to produce a film of an hour and a half. You're going to watch one from each candidate, and then you're going to vote!'

There are a lot of people who go to Washington or go to their state houses with a personal ambition in mind.

I'm a policy guy, believe it or not. I love policy. I love solving tough problems.

I read serious books, but every now and then, I read just for fun.

I'd think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what the tax code requires.

I lost my election because of my campaign, not because of what anyone else did.

I care about America. I care about the people that can't find jobs. I care about my 20 grandkids and what kind of America they are going to have.

It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done.

When I was elected governor of my state, I had a legislature 87 percent Democrat. It was not lost on me that to get anything done, I couldn't be attacking them. I had to find ways to reach out to them.

American official policy is that Egypt is an ally of the United States. Of course, we recognize that Egypt has gone through a dramatic change in government. And what their status will be going forward in terms of the relationship with our nation is something which which I'm sure will be developing over time.

I talk a great deal to prior Secretaries of State about policy issues.

Every year, virtually every governor balances the budget.

The right course is for the Palestinians and the Israelis to sit down at the table together. The Palestinians need to recognize that the course to the two-state solution is not through the United Nations or through the United States or through anyone else, but through a face to face series of negotiations with the Israelis.

You've got to be really careful about what you say and do anywhere you are. I actually had a dream about being in parking garage and having somebody in front of me taking too long to get their change and honking the horn and then yelling back, and getting out and yelling at each other and then seeing it on YouTube the next day.

Ah, it's too hard to pick a favorite president. It really is. It's like picking your favorite from a box of chocolates - I love all of them.

I've been in politics now for long enough to not worry about what others are saying, but instead to talk about what I believe.

I'd like Americans to save their money, and not get taxed on their savings.

Let's give people more incentives to get fuel efficient vehicles.

I think when a campaign is dishonest in the ads they run about another candidate, it diminishes the campaign, it diminishes the candidate, and it diminishes the presidency.

Pre-existing conditions for those previously insured must not lead to someone being unable to get insurance.

I think that the effort to continue to look for some law to somehow make violence go away is missing the point.

It's a great experience. If you get a chance to run for president, do it.

I'm a pretty analytical guy, all right?

There's no question in my mind that I think I would have been a better president than Barack Obama has been.

Humanity is not common in its views.

The world relies upon, and America must rely upon, a strong military.

The big story of 2013, a very distressing year, is that Americans continue not to be able to find the full-time jobs they need, and that's something which the president has to recognize as the first priority of his administration.

People don't want to be told what type of insurance they have to have.

Happiness, for me, is a function of the number of people I love, and I think joy and happiness is directly related to how many people are in our lives and how deeply we are bonded with those people.

I think we should have the majority of the party's voters decide who they want as their nominee.