I think you can not be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls.

There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government.

You know, I've got experiences going back to the wage price controls in the Nixon administration where, in effect, we had what I think was a terrible mistake, in that case a Republican administration, where moved in and tried to control the wages, prices and profits of every enterprise in America. It was a huge mistake.

It will be necessary for us to be a nation of men, and not laws.

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my faults.

I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum.

Westerners know the difference between a talker and the real deal. If Rick Perry wasn't right to be governor of Texas, why should he be president?