"Common sense conservatives believe that the government that governs least governs best."
"Let's invite a genuine contest of ideas within our party and with the other party for conservationism, as Ronald Reagan told us, is not a narrow ideology."
"I don't understand that tactic, General."
"Basically, you're advocating the status quo here today, which I think the American people, in the last election, said, that is not an acceptable question."
"I think you can look back and say that more American troops would have been advisable in the earlier stages."
"I am of course disappointed that basically you're advocating the status quo here today which I think the American people in the last election said that is not an acceptable condition."
"I regret deeply that you seem to think that the status quo and the rate of progress that we are making is acceptable. I think that most Americans do not."
"I have always said we needed more troops in Iraq."
"I believe that there are a lot of things that we can do to salvage this, but they all require the presence of additional troops."
"We have just one choice in Iraq, and that is to see our mission there through to victory."
"Are we doing the things, organizationally and legally, that need to be done to prepare for it? Yes."
"We had a carrots-and-no-sticks policy that only encouraged bad behavior. When one carrot didn't work, we offered another. Now we are facing the consequences of the failed Clinton administration polici..."
"The bill would cover methods such as water boarding, extreme hypothermia and sleep deprivation."
"It's clear we have to have the moral high ground and we cannot violate the Geneva Conventions."
"This is an argument for prevailing in Iraq and succeeding in Iraq so that they won't be further encouraged."
"the spirits of the Geneva Conventions have been preserved."
"What I worry about is we're playing a game of whack them all here. We move troops -- it flares up, we move troops there."
"Civil war."
