"America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for."

"Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it."

"Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone."

"Despite what the pundits want us to think, contested primaries aren't civil war, they are democracy at work, and that's beautiful."

"I love the modern technology now."

"A typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas."

"Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty."

"I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street."