In recent years, we have seen the United States back away from pressuring the Castro regime, under the misguided view that placating them with an open hand would yield progress. That naivete has invited only more cruelty and oppression in return.

When you give a speech you don't go through a laundry list, you talk about the things that you think are important.

Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts.

It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!

I like the Twilight series. I thought it was fun. I don’t like vampires personally, I don’t know any; but you know my granddaughter was reading it and I thought, well this looks like fun so I read that.

We've got to strengthen our military long-term. We don't know what the world is going to throw at us down the road.

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