Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone.

Today more people lose their seats in the Politburo in Havana than in the Congress of America, ... We need to have competitive races for the Legislature. ... We have to have a clash of ideas.

Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar, and for our Qatari friends.

Sarah Palin knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America.

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

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

Why am I running for president? Well, my wife, Cindy, says it is because I sustainedseveral severe blows to the head in prison camp.