I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.

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.

My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all.

Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.

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

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world. All international laws are invalid, meaningless attempts to constrict American power.