You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to…

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90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for...

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for...

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as...

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as...

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not...

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not...

They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, it...

They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, it...

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work

Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites...

Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites...

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have...

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have...

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...

Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to...

Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position...

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position...

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised...

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised...

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under...

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under...

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or...

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or...

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt,...

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt,...