I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs - and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it.

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If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our...

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our...

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of...

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of...

You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are...

You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are...

I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis...

I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis...

If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we...

If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we...

I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.

I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

Arafat was a barrier to peace.

Arafat was a barrier to peace.

We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances,...

We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances,...

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals...

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals...

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on...

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on...

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion....

Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion....

You do have to change things as warfare changes.

You do have to change things as warfare changes.

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a...

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a...

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need...

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need...

Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over...

Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over...

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go...

But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go...