I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee.

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

My dad was a Methodist minister.

I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.

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.

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.

A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.