When I am the host of a meeting where decisions are made I would favor the meetings being open.

I favored at that time a quick withdrawal of our troops from Vietnam, completely.

I have always avoided trying to give simplistic answers just for political expediency.

I think the proper role of the CIA is the role that was spelled out in the original legislation that set up the CIA.

I personally feel that the Pentagon Papers should have been revealed by the New York Times.

I think the American people resent being put in boxes and I have always avoided that myself.

I want the American people to understand my character, my weaknesses, the kind of person I am.

There are a lot of specific issues that affect the American people: Jobs, inflation, energy policy, agricultural policy, education, health, fair taxes, and many others, and I intend to address them all.

I think I am sensitive; I am tough.

I don't see any reason for the CIA through covert means to try to overthrow governments.

The one single issue that comes to mind with which I have had the most difficulty has been the amnesty question.

I would like to remove them from the welfare system altogether; place them under the responsibility of the Labor Department.

I believe that, working together, we can turn the tide, stop the decay, and set in motion a process of growth that by the end of this century can give us cities worthy of the greatest nation on earth.

Today, America's No. 1 economic problem is our cities.

We simply can no longer afford the price of the red tape.

I believe that if we talk sense to the American people, we will find support for a realistic program to meet the urban crisis.

We must get the money and services to the people who need them, and not just to the communities that happen to be most skilled in the art of grantsmanship.

The only way to achieve the growth in the urban tax base required to meet rising expenditures is through a healthy local economy.