Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties.

If the choice is between cooking alive and wasting money unnecessarily I would rather waste some money, because long before we cook we are going to kill each other if we don't deal with climate change.

I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong.

The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.

It is much easier to put existing resources to better use, than to develop resources where they do not exist.

The world is looking to us for leadership. We have provided it in the past; the main reason why anti-American feelings are so strong in the world today is that we are not providing it in the present.

The financial markets play an active role in determining what's going to happen, how the economy is going to function.