I just think that we ought to protect the Social Security fund.

War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

The last thing members of the committee want to do is pass legislation.

I think it's a very legitimate aspect of American life to criticize and to disagree and to debate. But I want to say I think it's a lie to say that the president lied to the American people. I sat on the Robb-Silverman Commission. I saw many, many analysts that came before that committee. I asked every one of them-I said, 'Did-were you ever pressured politically or any other way to change your analysis of the situation as you saw?' Every one of them said no.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

They're all tied together: taxes, Medicare, Social Security, and the debt. We've got to have a setting of priorities, and looking at it - at each of them as disconnected, I think, doesn't properly address these major challenges.

There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods today.