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I would infinitely prefer a daughter.

I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter.

I'm asking myself, 'What do my girls, what do all our children deserve in their president? What kind of a president do we want for them?' Well, to start with, I think we want someone who is a unifying force in this country: someone who sees our differences not as a threat, but as a blessing.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.

My daughter is a good, caring, compassionate person. To me that's the true meaning of success, even though the marriages didn't work out. My success with my daughter is all that matters.

The person who I have my child with is going to be the right person.

I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.

What could be more important to the pursuit of happiness than the right to choose your spouse without asking a Washington politician for permission?

It will be about which candidate, which of the two candidates remaining, is best suited to make a positive difference in the lives of North Carolina families, and I submit to each of you tonight that I am that candidate and Elizabeth Dole is not.