There's nothing hard about acting except the long hours.

And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up

So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been quite aggressive in their own neighborhood... in carrying out their own purposes and interests in their sphere of the world

I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.

I don't attend [church] regularly.

I'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.

You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.