When you use force, people get hurt, and when you kill people, their relatives don't like it. And usually war has some unanticipated consequences so it's something you shouldn't launch into, on the expectation that this is going to rally the nation. This is not like 'Friday Night Lights'.

Well, it came from the White House, it came from people around the White House. It came from all over. I got a call on 9/11. I was on CNN, and I got a call at my home saying, 'You got to say this is connected. This is state-sponsored terrorism. This has to be connected to Saddam Hussein.

I like Hemingway and I like a lot Jewish writers (such as) Saul Bellow.

Anyone who tells you that one political party has a monopoly on the best defense of our nation is committing a fraud on the American people.

I tremendously admire, and I think we all should, the great work done by our commander in chief, our president George Bush...

Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims.

When you use force, people get hurt, and when you kill people, their relatives don't like it. And usually war has some unanticipated consequences so it's something you shouldn't launch into, on the expectation that this is going to rally the nation. This is not like 'Friday Night Lights'.