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.

We must retool our nation to prepare for the challenge we already face to maintain our position in the global economy. And this much is certain: America will not have national security without economic security.

We cannot fight communism all over the world, and I think we should have learned that lesson by now.

President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second.

It's pretty standard fare in political discourse. You misconstrue what somebody said. You isolate a statement, you lend your interpretation to it and then feign moral outrage. And Democrats have been doing it for years.

The oceans themselves are threatened and life itself, therefore, and the planet is threatened because of it.

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