Violence has to end. And Israelis have a bright to defend themselves against any violence that is attacking innocent people with a knife in the old city in Jerusalem or elsewhere. No country should be under siege like that.

The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.

Great challenges confront our great nation. We seek to meet them by rising to the task, not by defining our country down.

I am a veteran, I fought in a war. I've been a prosecutor. I've sent people to jail for the rest of their life.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.

The problems of health care can be solved if we stop giving tax cuts to those who have the most, and start making health care affordable for those working harder and harder for too little.