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

This dogged, same track approach (by the NCI) is even more astonishing.

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

It can take greater courage to stand in opposition to the views of your neighbors or nation than to confront an enemy in combat.

For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much in taxes from Main Street, and Main Street has received too little in return. It is not necessary to centralize power in order to solve our problems.

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.

You never fully get over [losing a presidential campaign]. But I've had a good life. I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.