Values spoken without actions taken are merely slogans.

I will never conduct a war or start a war because we want to; the United States of America should only go to war because we have to. And if you live by that guidance, you'll never have veterans throwing away their medals or standing up in protest.

In American elections there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates win or lose, the next morning we wake up as Americans.

I know that our country is strongest when we lead the world, when we lead strong alliances. And that's the way Eisenhower and Reagan and Kennedy and others did it.

Those who try to stifle the vibrancy of our democracy and shield policies from scrutiny behind a false cloak of patriotism miss the real value of what our troops defend and how we best defend our troops. We will ask questions and we will defend our democracy.

Those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire.

At every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the interests of most Americans.