'I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found. I still have this old-fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who is very likely to be found guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to prejudge jury trials.' --December 2003 [7]

'I don't mind being called a liberal. I just don't really think it's true.' [6]

'As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder of a child or the …

'I was hoping to get a reception like this, I'd just hoped that it would be on Thursday night instead of Tuesday night.'