I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.
Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.
I am not a professional politician.
I would not run as a one-issue candidate. Anybody who does that is declaring himself to be marginal.
I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.
Reform is not a one-night stand.
There's no religious test under the constitution. That's what it says. Period.
People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.
There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.
I'm obviously aware that people are quite focused on the economy rather than foreign policy issues, but that is something that should and can be altered as people see the nature of the threats around the world that we face.
The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.
It's very personal in its politics, very bitter and very negative.
There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.
I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crime...
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.
