"We still believe in the America that is a land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. We believe in the America that challenges each of us to be better and bigger than ourselves."

"I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren."

"You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector."

"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."

"The advice I've been giving to people all my life - that you may not be interested in the dialectic but the dialectic is interested in you you can't give up politics, it won't give you up - was the advice I should have been taking myself."

"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."

"I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf."

"Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people."