In some ways, September 11, 2001, seems a long time ago. Yet we have done so much in only a few years, and we will continue to do so in the future, to prevent such attacks on America.

We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation.

Before I was governor, tuition was skyrocketing, and we stopped that. We capped and then we froze college tuition.

The idea of reasoning with terrorists without force or with appeasement is naive, and I think it's dangerous.

My mother, she worked in the mayor's office in Chicago when I was growing up and has been in democratic politics for a long time.

Government serves Christ's kingdom rule; this is its purpose. And Christians' purpose in politics should be to advance the kingdom of God - to make it more real, more tangible, more present.

And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now.

This is an absolute turning point in the story of our country because I think if we go on with being enmeshed in the E.U., it will continue to erode our democracy. That is something that worries me.