"America is great because America is good. If America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."
"I think it does trouble a lot of Americans, this idea of lecturing other countries on human rights when we certainly have our past transgressions..."
"It's either Dragonslayer, or Panda Hugger, whatever it will be."
"We cannot rewrite history today, but we can determine how we will act differently tomorrow."
"We cannot believe China is serious about the rule of law while Chen Guangcheng and his family are being forcefully held and abused."
"We urge China to embrace Chen and other civil rights activists and make room for these selfless heroes."
"Thank you, Congressman Walz, for your wonderful speech and support for Chen's case."
"We, China, is a big fat piece of meat. The United States, the Western countries, they're going to scream and kick for a few years and then they are going to come back because they each want a piece of..."
"I have a profound respect for the Chinese people and culture and want to see... if there is an ability as us as people..."
"The number-one call to my office is, let's just cut foreign aid and we could balance the budget."
"I want to make it very clear that my constituents in Southern Minnesota care about that child because her father spoke out for things that are universally accepted as basic human rights."