“Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America’s role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must – and will – lead the future.”

Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it’s time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.

The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation.

So, for instance, let me make this clear: You know I signed a statement. I will not raise taxes on anybody. I don’t want to raise taxes on the American people.

Isn’t it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.

I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.

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

I see an America where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not enabled by a government check.

America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.

I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.

I’m not familiar precisely with what I said, but I’ll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.

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 didn’t talk to anybody and say, “I’m going to do a speech, do you go some ideas?” This is something I did on my own because I care very deeply about the country.

I know what it takes to balance budgets. I have done it my entire life.

We’re all a nation that believes we’re children of the same god.

Instead of complaining about the valley, being discouraged over what you’re going through, know that valley is leading you to the awesome future God has in store.

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it’s too late.

You have made some mistakes and you may not be where you want to be, but that has nothing to do with your future.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

Study the past if you would define the future.

Today we are shapers of the world of tomorrow.

Don’t shortchange yourself when it comes to investing in your own better future.

Why do we remember the past, but not the future?