Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior.

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.

Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics.

I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

As an American, I want our forces to prevail.

Every program that ever helped working people, from rural electrification to Medicare, was enacted by liberals over the opposition of conservatives. When people tell me they don't like liberals, I ask, "Do you like Social Security? If so, then shut up!"