Waterboarding ok if national security were at stake.

We're hoping for the best, but we need to prepare for the worst.

I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.

In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.

Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.

Every foreign policy of every major nation involves reason, common sense, carrots and sticks. You can't have all carrots and no sticks.

Sometimes you have to, as I say, build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must.