"I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government."

"It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it."

"From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America."

"When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I."

"He who seeks peace must remember that the essence of humanity is our ability to connect."

"We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war."

"Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill."

"I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them' - he doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above... he knows that we all love our country... and he's always ready to listen to good ideas... he's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets."