When you're appealing to people's fears and anxieties, you can make some gains.

If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.

I'm prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception. But that is my judgment. For me to impose that judgment on everyone else who is equally and maybe even more devout than I am seems to me is inappropriate in a pluralistic society.

My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.

Vote for war allowed war only after all else failed.

I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years. And I just focused almost exclusively on my initiatives for national crime legislation, foreign policy issues.

Well, we're [USA] not looking for an ally; what we're looking for is a stable, democratic government that is not beholden to anyone in the region and is able to be secure within its own borders and have its own policy.