We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos, there will be genocide, and they will follow us home.

Teachers don't need as much as $140,000 a year, ... But, perhaps some senators don't need $140,000 a year either.

I'm as frustrated with the French, I think, as anyone, but look, there's going to be other challenges and there are going to be other issues. As long as there's a war on terrorism going on, we're all going to have to work together.

As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it - along the lines that President Bush proposed.

I will veto every single beer, um, bill with earmarks.

In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. It wasn't until I had lost America for a time that I realized how much I loved her.

The president(Obama) comparing him to a kid in the back of a classroom, I think, is very indicative of the president's lack of appreciation of who Vladimir Putin is. He's an old KGB colonel that has no illusions about our relationship, does not care about a relationship with the United States, continues to oppress his people, continues to act in an autocratic fashion.