It used to be, people were afraid to talk about Social Security. Now, I think people should be afraid not to talk about Social Security and start coming up with some solutions.

It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.

You know, obviously I wish the violence would go down, but not as much as the Iraqi citizens would wish the violence would go down. But, incredibly enough, they showed great courage, and they want our help.

...the role of the military is to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place.

We must show new energy in fighting back an old evil. Nearly two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, and more than a century after slavery was officially ended in its last strongholds, the trade in human beings for any purpose must not be allowed to thrive in our time.

I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.

In some cases, the measured use of force is all that protects us from a chaotic world ruled by force.