Political leaders are not and cannot reasonably be expected to be indifferent to the cruelest calumnies aimed at their character.

You raise taxes during an economic crisis time, as we did in - back in the time of Herbert Hoover, you send the country into a depression.

Putin wants to restore the Russian empire. That's his ambition; he's stated it many times.

Depriving the oppressed of a beacon of hope could lose us the world we have built and thrived in. It could cost our reputation in history as the nation distinct from all others in our achievements, our identity, and our enduring influence on mankind. Our values are central to all three.

Government should take care of those in America who can't care for themselves. That's a role of government.

As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.

As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I am confronted every day with the security concerns and threats to our own nation's safety, as well as threats to the rest of the world.

And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are signs that the government put up that say, 'Warning. You are in a drug smuggling area and a human smuggling area.'

I am a Republican. I'm loyal to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. And I believe that my party, in some ways, has strayed from those principles, particularly on the issue of fiscal discipline.

My greatest fear is the Iranians acquire a nuclear weapon and give it to a terrorist organization. And there is a real threat of them doing that.

To argue against the global economy is like stating opposition to the weather - it continues whether you like it or not.

A strong E.U., a strong NATO, and a true strategic partnership between them is profoundly in our interest.

I used to write books and plays in my mind, but I doubt that any of them would have been above the level of the cheapest dime novel.

We know that Medicare's going broke in seven years, but we need to start over. That's what the American people want us to do.

On Putin's order, corrupt apparatchiks and crony oligarchs rob Russians of their nation's wealth and resources.

The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let's extend the tax - the existing tax cuts. And then let's give some more tax breaks to small businesses and large. And then maybe the American people will have some confidence.

I'm as frustrated with the French, I think, as anyone, but look, there's going to be other challenges and there are going to be other issues. As long as there's a war on terrorism going on, we're all going to have to work together.

I consider myself a Christian. I attend church. My faith has sustained me in very difficult times.

The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America.

Public life has many more privileges than hardships.

We cannot have a separate group of people that are military and a separate civilian society. Otherwise, it's dangerous to democracy.

The United States expects a lot of its partners and allies, including joint patrolling, significant contributions to armed conflicts, and a strict adherence to human rights, among other things.

Most great leaders in history that I've studied always need to get as wide a range of opinions as possible so that they can have sufficient information to make the right decisions.

I know in war good people can feel obliged for good reasons to do things they would normally object to and recoil from.

I think it's important that the President of the United States consult as widely as possible with those who have different views so that he can - he or she - can make the most informed decisions.

America didn't invent human rights. Those rights are common to all people: nations, cultures, and religions cannot choose to simply opt out of them.

Russia's leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power.

I believe in prayer. I pray every night.

The U.S. never lost a battle against North Vietnam, but it lost the war.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

On Putin's order, Russian security services try to destabilize NATO allies the U.S. has sworn to defend.

I don't think Roger Ailes is ham-fisted.

On the issue of the gay marriage, I believe if people want to have private ceremonies, that's fine. I do not believe that gay marriages should be legal.

I think that Fox News is a bit schizophrenic.

Americans want jobs. They want affordable health insurance. They want an education.

The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government.

For much of my life, the Navy was the only world I knew. It is still the world I know best and love most.

I've tried to say that I admire and respect Sen. Obama. He has accomplished great things, and he has motivated people, and so - and he loves his country, just as I do.

I'm sick and tired of only being asked about everything that Donald Trump says or does.

We are a country with a conscience.

I think that it's important that we understand the importance of the Hispanic vote in America.

Countries, not just their armies, win wars.

I know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good intelligence.

I'm proud of my record of reform, taking on my own party.

For Mr. Putin, vacillation invites aggression. His world is a brutish, cynical place, where power is worshiped, weakness is despised, and all rivalries are zero-sum.

But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned to love very dearly the right of free expression when I lived without that freedom for a while a long time ago.

I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.

Heathrow is in my constituency and I have been at both the Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 planning inquiries. At these inquiries my community has been assured by the inquiry inspectors, BAA and government ministers that each development would be the last piece of expansion of the airport because of its ever-increasing noise and air pollution.

Leaders play an important role, but it is the Labour party's supporters and potential supporters who should take the lead in discussing and determining the sense of purpose and direction of the party if we are to return to being a social movement aiming to transform our society.

To be effective in tackling poverty wages, a living wage has to be mandatory and basic trade union rights should be restored so workers can protect themselves from exploitative employers.