I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning killing.

When President Bush sees America, he sees only a military superpower. I see a moral and idealistic beacon. Mr. Bush may talk about democracy all he wants, but it is not democracy to wilfully disdain and heap scorn on world opinion. We do not command moral leadership by starting pre-emptive wars.

This revolution began with young people in Syria demonstrating because they wanted a future. They wanted opportunity, education, and so forth. They went out and they did it. Thugs came out and beat them up. The parents got angry that the thugs beat the kids up, and they went out and demonstrated, and they were met with bullets. They were killed. That's how this began.

I know something about aircraft carriers for real.

America must always be the world's paramount military power. But we can magnify our power through alliances.

Middle class Americans don't ask for special favors, they just want basic fairness, and a President who fights for that ideal.

The big hang-up was George Bush wanted to get life lines, you know, so he could call somebody.