We must proceed with our own energy development. Exploitation of domestic petroleum and natural gas potentialities, along with nuclear, solar, geothermal, and non-fossil fuels is vital. We will never again permit any foreign nation to have Uncle Sam over a barrel of oil.

I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes go…

It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But…

In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive to the people.…

There is no reason at all why there aren't enough people to guard New Orleans and to help stabilise Baghdad.

The targeted assassination policy is a correct one. It is inconceivable that terrorists could operate freely without the ground quaking under their feet.

America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago.