What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights.

The more we can have peaceful trade both with Russia, with China, and with others, you know, there's a self interest in this for everyone.

On vague wording of drone strike criteria: “Are you going to just drop a hellfire missile on Jane Fonda? Are you going to drop a missile on Kent State? That’s gobbledygook.

There is often variations of evil on both sides of the war. What we have to decide is whether or not regime change is a good idea. It's what the neoconservatives have wanted. It's what the vast majority of those on the stage want.

You can not be a conservative if you're going to keep promoting new programs that you're not going to pay for.

I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.

The greatest threat to our national security is our debt. We borrow a million dollars a minute.