"And I will never apologize for America. I don't believe in it."

"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress."

"I'm not a fan of the idea that we can just be afraid our way to security."

"I think that if you are a true conservative, you should be concerned about the deficit."

"Hope is not blind optimism. It's not a naive faith that things will turn out for the best. It's a belief that if we work hard enough, we can make things better."