I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.

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

People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that it's assassination on a much larger scale, a much more horrific scale.

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.

I think some of this fascination with the 'Arab Spring' is just a grand experiment with Israel's survival.

I am not a neoconservative. I am pro-American.

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'