I think 9/11 guaranteed that national security is going to be in the forefront of every election.

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

Competence is the creed of the technocrat who makes sure the gears mesh but doesn't for a second understand the magic of the machine.

I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality.

Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective - a New World Order - can emerge. . . Now, we can see a New World Order coming into view. A world in which there is a very real prospect for a New World Order. . .A world where the United Nations, freed from a Cold War stalemate, is poised to fulfill the historic vision of its founders.

Don't try to fine-tune somebody else's view.

A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism.