I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.

I'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities.

I'm not sure history has ended.

I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.

I've been surrounded by some of the best economic minds in the country, and hopefully I've absorbed some of that.

I've never attended any Tea Party functions.

If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.

It's not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il.

It's very personal in its politics, very bitter and very negative.

Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard.

My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.

North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.

Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting.

People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.

People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that it's assassination on a much larger scale, a much more horrific scale.

Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war.

Reform is not a one-night stand.

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving.

There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.