I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.
Fred ThompsonI think that we ought to be a tolerant nation. I think we ought to be tolerant people. But we shouldn't set up special categories for anybody. And I'm for the rights of everybody, including gays, but not any special rights.
Fred ThompsonThis business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.
Fred ThompsonAnd it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC
Fred ThompsonI'm offering myself up. I'm saying that if I have the background, the capability and the concern to do this and I'm doing this for the right reasons... but I'm not particularly interested in running for president, but I think I'd make a good president. Nowadays, the process has become much more important than I think it used to be.
Fred Thompson