"My first move would be to make sure that the nuclear arsenal is safeguarded and would be secure under any scenario that might transpire."
"I think he's in a tailspin. I'm familiar with those. I've been involved in every major national security issue for the last 20 years."
"My theme has been throughout this campaign that I'm the one with the experience, the knowledge and the judgment. So, perhaps it may serve to enhance those credentials."
"I would urge that they continue with the process of a free and fair election, that as little force as possible can be displayed if there is continued riots and demonstrations."
"I think immigration. I think the fact that I don't support ethanol subsidies. But, look, we just do the best we can. We're working hard."
"And I will also eliminate subsidies on ethanol and other agricultural products. They are an impediment to competition, an impediment to free markets, and I believe that subsidies are a mistake."
"And we will in five years become oil independent."
"Nobody understands it, nobody trusts it, nobody believes in it and we have to fix it. And we can't raise taxes as our Democrat friends want."
"Nobody understands it. Nobody trusts it. Nobody believes in it. And we have to fix it. And we can't raise taxes, as our Democrat friends want."
"Fix Medicare."
"We are in the midst of an information technology revolution."
"I would do a lot of things, but the first and most important and vital element is to continue this surge, which is succeeding. And we are winning the war in Iraq."
"I think we, as Republicans, and those motivated by Judeo-Christian values, ought to understand that these are God's children, that there is a human side of this issue."
"Senator McCain saying he learned the lessons of being among the leaders pushing to give illegal immigrants in this country legal status, if not citizenship."
"I am astonished that you would think such a -- such a torture would be inflicted on anyone in our -- who we are held captive and anyone could believe that that's not torture. It's in violation of the ..."
"We allowed Hitler to come to power with that kind of attitude of isolationism and appeasement."
"Let us win. Let us..."
"We never lost a battle in Vietnam. It was American public opinion that forced us to lose that conflict."