This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table

Governor Bush will not stand for the subsidation of failure.

This Thanksgiving, Americans are especially thankful for our freedom, and we are especially thankful to you, those who keep us free.

When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us vs them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there.

I realize I will never regain my anonymity but I can certainly give it a try. And it's a lot of fun to give it a try.

I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese - that meant that they weren't very effective.

Americans have always held firm, because we have always believed in certain truths. We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity and returns to strike us again. We know that when the work is hard, the proper response is not retreat, it is courage. And we know that a great ideal of human freedom entrusted to us in a special way and that the ideal of liberty is worth defending.