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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It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not...

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not...

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we...

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we...

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody...

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody...

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

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...

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...

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got...

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got...

I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I...

I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I...

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...

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly...

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly...

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

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...

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

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...

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

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...

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes,...

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes,...