It's a tough path to citizenship. You've got to pay back taxes. You've got to learn English. You've got to have a clear record. You've got to get to the back of the line behind other people who have come here legally or even waiting legally.

In the 21st century nations don't invade other nations.

The day that I can land at the airport in Baghdad and ride in an unarmed car down the highway to the Green Zone is the day that I'll start considering withdrawals from Iraq.

I guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough, it will be believed.

I have said for a long time that I thought the president would be best served if the attorney general resigned so I think it's the right thing to do.

He was a superb military officer but he was also an extraordinarily gifted politician. That he was an unusually open, honest and no-nonsense politician did not make him unsuited for the profession, only uncommon. In uniform and in politics Barry's purpose was always the defense of freedom. And nobody before or since managed the task more ably or more colorfully than Barry Goldwater.

I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others.