I suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now that if you just discredit your opposition, it makes it easier for you to win. I don't think that's necessarily true.

If you're Iran's minister of defense, I think you'd try to develop at least one nuclear weapon to save yourself from what happened to Iraq.

The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.

Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down.

The longer the title, the less important the job.

I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.