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" Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind? "

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" The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. "

" I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters. "

" Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty. "

" Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. "

" Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. "

" Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign. "

" The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise. "

" Our diplomacy and development budget is not just about reducing spending and finding efficiencies. We need a frank conversation about what we stand for as that 'shining city on a hill.' And that conversation begins by acknowledging that we can't do it on the cheap. "

" If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed. "

" What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society. "

" The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world. "

" Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America. "

" We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken. "

" I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them. "

" In 2008, I spoke out against calling the president a Muslim as if that was a curse. And then in 2012, once again, I was very disturbed about some of the intolerance I was seeing in the party, so I made a statement saying there's a level of intolerance in some parts of the Republican Party. And there was, and I think there still is. "

" We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out. "

" It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military. "

" As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision. "

" You don't know what you can get away with until you try. "

" Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. "

" I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. "

" Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. "

" Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. "

" A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. "

" Get mad, then get over it. "

" Trump just looks stupid trying to appeal to blacks and Latinos. "

" Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. "

" In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. "

" Yup, the whole birther movement was racist. "

" Experts often possess more data than judgment. "