One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.

I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.

It's nice not to have to worry about constituents, now, I simply do what I want.

One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.

Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

I'm constantly meeting people who said that they cast their first vote for me, or that they cut their eye teeth on the 1972 campaign, or that they didn't vote for me but admire my positions.