"This is long and hard and tough. But I think we can succeed."
"What Senator Clinton doesn't understand, that presidents don't lose wars; political parties don't lose wars. Nations lose wars."
"It's our job to do the hard things."
"This war was very badly mismanaged for a long time. I believe we have a strategy which can succeed so that the sacrifice of your brother would not be in vain."
"This strategy needs to be given a chance to succeed."
"This is a national security issue, first and foremost. Ever since 9/11, it's a national security issue."
"What he doesn't -- what Senator Clinton doesn't understand, that presidents don't lose wars. Political parties don't lose wars. Nations lose wars. And when nations lose, the -- have the consequences o..."
"I think it would be a terrific mistake to even reopen the issue. It is working, my friends. The policy is working."
"This was a national security issue first and foremost. Ever since 9/11, it's a national security issue. People came to Fort Dix, New Jersey, from across our southern border and tried to kill our soldi..."
"Nuclear power is safe. Nuclear power is green."
"It's as long as 13 years -- 13 years before that they would be eligible for citizenship in this country."
"And it weeds out those who shouldn't be here and it gives others a chance to remain in this country."
"For us to do nothing is silent and de facto amnesty."
"This is wrong and hard and tough, but I think we can succeed and God bless you."
"We impose fines, fees and other requirements as punishment. And if the path to citizenship we offer them is special, it's because it's harder, longer and more expensive than the path offered to those ..."
"I'm not running to do the easy things, so I defend with no reservation our proposal to offer the people who harvest our crops, tend our gardens, work in our restaurants, care for our children and clea..."
"Pandering for votes on this issue while offering no solutions of the problem amounts to doing nothing, and doing nothing is silent amnesty."
"When you have only been in the Senate for two years, I guess you can vote against the troops."
