Europeans know that their great experiment in building peace, unity and prosperity cannot survive as a privileged enclave, surrounded on its outskirts by breeding grounds of hatred and fanaticism.

The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratic regimes friendly to the United States.

I'm more concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few that in fact were innocent.

One of the worst things we could do is start to act now as though the attack of 9/11 is a thing of the past and will never be repeated. That's just not true.

Reagan proved that deficits don't matter.

When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry.

The bottom line is that we've had enormous successes (in Iraq) and we will continue to have enormous successes.