And 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 ThompsonBecause John McCain stood up, our country is better off. The respect he is given around the world is not because of a teleprompter speech designed to appeal to American critics abroad but because of decades of clearly demonstrated character and statesmanship.
Fred ThompsonIf we do not design policies to halt, and then reverse population growth, Nature by default will soon exact a most punishing solution
Fred ThompsonBut if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we'd be obligated to come to their aid.
Fred ThompsonIf we have more people on the receiving end of government - more people as the middle class becomes sucked in more and more to these entitlement programs, for example - then we're going to be in a place where it's going to be hard to go back. It's going to be hard to go back again. It's going to be hard to take away stuff. It's not impossible.
Fred Thompson