Hardened terrorists are coming here to hit us hard if we don't hit them first.

I think we're never fully protected, but I think we need to do everything we can to stop threats to us.

And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.

Actually we're very lucky John McCain is not in charge because I think we would be in perpetual war.

I'm not accusing anybody of being [Hitler].

Really, while gas is an awful thing to watch - the death is painful - to even watch these deaths - it's also bad to die from a bullet, a hand grenade, or a machete.

I think you'll find that these are measures that have great bipartisan support, and so I expect, not only did we do well in the primary, I think we'll win by a wide margin in the fall because we're going to get a lot of independents and conservative Democrats coming to us.