"I've never been one to shy away from a challenge."

"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

"I have said that I am a Republican, but I have also said that I am an American first."

"The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free society."

"The world is not a dangerous place because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."