You believe that you can win the nomination of your party, and then you believe that you’re the strongest candidate to win the election for your party.
A leader must not let critics set the agenda.
Did business with Qatar, a US ally which protects al-Qaeda.
Didn’t vet Bernard Kerik sufficiently for DHS recommendation.
We have to be on offense against terrorists, that we have to make it bipartisan, that it isn’t about being a Democrat or a Republican. It’s about being an American.
Keep pressure on Iran, because pressure works.
Disagrees with neocon adviser on immediate need to bomb Iran.
No time limit in Iraq; stay until we achieve stability.
Lincoln made mistakes. Roosevelt made mistakes. Eisenhower made mistakes. The Battle of the Bulge was the biggest intelligence failure in American military history, much bigger than any in Vietnam or now. We didn’t know that the Soviets were moving 400,000 or 500,000 troops. We missed it.
One can look at John McCain and say that he’s not ready to be commander-in-chief.
If we take back the labor unions, the legitimate businesses, eventually they become just another street gang. Spiritually, psychologically, they’ve always been just a street gang.
We are more determined than ever to live our lives in freedom.
My major focus is national security because that’s really what the president runs.
The thoughts I express, whether clearly or ambiguously, are my own and they are my individual responsibility.
St. Paul’s Chapel stands – without so much as a broken window. Little miracle.
I’m pro-choice. I’m pro-gay rights.
I haven’t seen it. I don’t really need Michael Moore to tell me about September 11th.
Partial-birth abortion, I think that’s going to be upheld. I think that ban is going to be upheld. I think it should be. And I think, as long as there’s provision for the life of the mother, then that’s something that should be done.
I am a free market Republican. I am against subsidies, in most cases.
I am open and will continue to be open to ways to limit abortion. What I am not open to is to removing the right.