There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged.

I think we ought to quit sending [help] to countries that burn our flag.

I think it's a little premature to talk about response until we know exactly what happened, but we should know what happened. And we should know how to defend [against hackers attacks] ourselves without question.

Unless you really stand for something, people aren't motivated to go out and vote for you.

John McCain is the guy that has advocated for war everywhere. He would bankrupt the nation.

Secretary [John] Kerry has called Civil War [in Syria] an unbelievably small war that we're going to get involved with.

If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of. It would defy every norm that is America.