You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.

It 's really hard to impose democracy. It has to emerge naturally. You have to get out of the way and let it happen.

The time has passed in America when this party can be the party of compassion and let the executive branch run foreign policy. It won't work. We have to be the party that can stand toe to toe with George W. Bush on national security, as well as the party of compassion.

I'm pro-choice, pro-affirmative action, pro-environment and pro-labor. I was either going to be the loneliest Republican in America or I was going to be a happy Democrat.

The more Marines I have around, the better I like it.

We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.

This is kind of hard to articulate, but in broad outline, the United States is going to do what the United States has to do.