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I am not a professional politician.

If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.

I'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities.

I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.

I think some of this fascination with the 'Arab Spring' is just a grand experiment with Israel's survival.

It's very personal in its politics, very bitter and very negative.

I would not run as a one-issue candidate. Anybody who does that is declaring himself to be marginal.

There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons.

People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that it's assassination on a much larger scale, a much more horrific scale.

Our biggest national security crisis is Barack Obama

Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.

I don't think there is any good answer to the question why shouldn't gays and lesbians who want to serve their country be allowed to do it.

Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.

Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting.

There's no religious test under the constitution. That's what it says. Period.

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

I don't think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip.

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.

It's not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il.

The only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran.

I haven't given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail.

Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe.

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.

There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.

I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.

Reform is not a one-night stand.

I've been surrounded by some of the best economic minds in the country, and hopefully I've absorbed some of that.

Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.

I've never attended any Tea Party functions.

Let there be no ambiguity about the American view that Syria's lack of cooperation .. is not acceptable.

I am not a neoconservative.

Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard.

I'm not sure history has ended.

Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.

There is no such thing as the United Nations.

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'

I don't do carrots.

The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving.

I have decided not to run for president.

Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too.

My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.

People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.

I don't think I would have to run a campaign that's financed like General Motors.

I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.

You don't need to spend tens of millions of dollars on political consultants to tell you what you think when you already know what you think.

Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war.