"I took an oath of office to the Constitution, I didn't take an oath of office to my party or my president."

"If he'd been in the military, he would have learned gun safety."

"We are the adult power in the world. It is because of the United States, our action or inaction, that there will be a…"

"We have misunderstood, misread, misplanned and mismanaged our honorable intentions in Iraq with an arrogant self-delu…"

"This is a ping-pong game with American lives. These young men and women that we put in Anbar province, in Iraq, in Ba…"

"If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. This is a tough business."

"I believe, and always have, that America must engage — not retreat — in the world."

"For him delicious flavors dwell In books as in old Muscatel."

"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-la…"

"Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her…"