We have gone into a war, an unelected president sending us into a war that the Congress frankly had no right, I believe, to authorize.

There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.

There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level.

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.

Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that?

I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the American people.

I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope.