We've got to recognize that when we march into Iraq, we're setting up the card tables in front of every university in the Arab world, the Islamic world, to recruit for al-Qaida.

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Once it was suggested that Saddam Hussein might give his weaponry to terrorists, or might...

Once it was suggested that Saddam Hussein might give his weaponry to terrorists, or might...

I know one thing: There are a billion Islamic people in the world today, and...

I know one thing: There are a billion Islamic people in the world today, and...

Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above...

Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above...

I can't find a reason to be for this war. I've looked, and I can't,...

I can't find a reason to be for this war. I've looked, and I can't,...

I don't know why his lawyers didn't tell him, 'You don't have to answer any...

I don't know why his lawyers didn't tell him, 'You don't have to answer any...

C'mon. He'd be embarrassing upstairs at the White House. So I think she'd have a...

C'mon. He'd be embarrassing upstairs at the White House. So I think she'd have a...

Keep your enemies in front of you

Keep your enemies in front of you

It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it...

It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it...

I don't believe he had a responsibility to even answer that question - you have...

I don't believe he had a responsibility to even answer that question - you have...

Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers....

Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers....

I tell my staff, we're riding a tour bus around, and we're going to stop...

I tell my staff, we're riding a tour bus around, and we're going to stop...

Then the administration tied it in to the regional dispute between Israel and its enemies,...

Then the administration tied it in to the regional dispute between Israel and its enemies,...

The Democrats just don't have a foreign policy that they're willing to defend, that they're...

The Democrats just don't have a foreign policy that they're willing to defend, that they're...

Well, the right-wing policy with regard to Israel - the people who don't want to...

Well, the right-wing policy with regard to Israel - the people who don't want to...

Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a...

Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a...

Five years from now, 10 years from now, there's going to be a huge Islamic...

Five years from now, 10 years from now, there's going to be a huge Islamic...

My audience is much more center right, or centrist.

My audience is much more center right, or centrist.

You don't know whether he's thought through how this is going to affect the Middle...

You don't know whether he's thought through how this is going to affect the Middle...

Why didn't we recognize how much it bothered them spiritually and politically?

Why didn't we recognize how much it bothered them spiritually and politically?

Keep your enemies in front of you.

Keep your enemies in front of you.