"he believes he is the one who has the national security and political experience to defeat President Bush in November."
"Senator Kerry's aides say tonight the senator needs to do what he has been doing. They say they welcome the opportunity to have Kerry on the stage with the six other candidates."
"I've always said there are three tickets out of Iowa, and I'm looking for one of them. And we're going to try to do the best we can."
"So when you go to the caucuses, don't go there to send a message. Go there and send America a president of the United States, because that's what we need to do."
"I'm here to ask Iowa veterans to join in the veteran's brigade that is crisscrossing this state, to go to the caucuses next Monday."
"Measure any of the others, and their records with respect to national security, fighting for peace, fighting with respect to the choices of weapons and arms control and all of those things that matter..."
"And so he's going to increase the burden on middle class America."
"Thank you for coming on a cold day that might even make you saddle up to Dick Cheney for warmth."
"I don't know who has done this ad. And I can tell you unequivocally that I have nothing to do with it."
"This president can't find Saddam Hussein. He can't find Osama bin Laden. He can't even find the leaker in the White House."
"Obviously today is a big day, a monumental event, capturing Saddam Hussein. We are thrilled, all of us."
"If you're John Kerry, you're going to do the same thing."