Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that's despicable.

War is never a happy solution, but it may be the only solution. We must exhaustively explore other possible solutions before we make the choice for war. Every political and diplomatic effort should be made to avoid war while achieving your objective.

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?'

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity.

The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.