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.'

I think the Russians basically don't think the North Koreans and the Iranians have the capabilities to get weapon systems that can threaten them, or that if they do the Russians know how to handle them and that that's the reason that it's all the more important that Russians be involved in the sale of high-end conventional weapons, the Bushehr nuclear reactor in the case of Russia and Iran, and similar kinds of relationships.

The European Union can now act like a major power, at least that is what the European Union tells us.

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 don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.

Texas is a big state. It's a major force in the Republican Party.

North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.