Just like Sept. 11, only with nuclear weapons this time, that's the threat. I think that is the threat. I think it's just facing reality. It's not a happy reality, but it's reality and if you don't deal with it, it will become even more unpleasant.

There's no such thing as the United Nations.

We need a strong and effective State Department. We can't conduct American affairs in the world without it.

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.

Although we refer to the International Criminal Court, the real problem is the prosecutor, because it's the prosecutor who decides who to investigate and what cases to bring. This court fundamentally embodied a potential for abuse of governmental power that I felt was inconsistent with being a free person - and [it was] inconsistent for a free country like the United States to subscribe to it.

You don't need to spend tens of millions of dollars on political consultants to tell you what you think when you already know what you think.

America needs an adult in the White House who knows how to deal with China.