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President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.

Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.

I think isolationism is a mistake, no matter what party you see it in. We have to remember that there are two threats to our freedom: there's a threat that comes from the federal government, from the Obama Administration policies... but there's also a huge and significant threat from al-Qaeda.

There is only one Republican presidential candidate that has a proven, courageous, and conservative record on national security: Marco Rubio.

I think there was a pretty smooth hand-off from the administration of President Clinton to the administration of President Bush, particularly in the counterterrorism area. The reason I say that is because there was, for transitions, I think a stunning continuity.

I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity.

When I was younger, I thought of myself as a Nixon Republican because he was the anti-Communist.

Few American presidents have been unhappier or lonelier in office than Woodrow Wilson.

Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.