Mitt Romney

I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.

I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are not the worst of what Europe has become.

The soles of Neil Armstrong's boots on the moon made permanent impressions on our souls and in our national psyche. Ann and I watched those steps together on her parent's sofa. Like all Americans we went to bed that night knowing we lived in the greatest country in the history of the world. God bless Neil Armstrong.

The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.

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.

Make no mistake in this campaign I will offer the American ideals of economic freedom a clear and unapologetic defense.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family.

We are a nation of immigrants. We are the children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the ones who wanted a better life the driven ones the ones who woke up at night hearing that voice telling them that life in that place called America could be better.

Julia progresses from cradle to grave showing how government makes every good thing in her life possible. The weak economy high unemployment falling wages rising gas prices the national debt the insolvency of entitlements - all these are fictionally assumed away in a cartoon that is produced by a president who wants us to forget about them.

I know what it's like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. I know how government kills jobs and yes I know how it can help from time- to-time.

Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable portable health insurance, and when constitutional freedoms are preserved.

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.

Our economy is on the move and we are creating thousands of new jobs but we need to keep our foot on the gas pedal.

Dependency is death to initiative to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.

President Obama instituted the most anti-growth anti-investment anti-jobs measures that we have seen in our lifetime. Now he called his agenda ambitious I call it reckless.

What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs.

At a time when nobody thought we'd ever see a new steel mill built in America we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana. Today Steel Dynamics is one of the largest steel producers in the United States.

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.

President Obama Nancy Pelosi Harry Reid and their team have failed the American people and that is why their majority will soon be out the door.