"Change doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington."

– Barack Obama – August 28, 2008 DNC Convention

"Republicans were elected to end the Korean War. The Republicans were elected to end the Vietnam War. There's a strong tradition of being anti-war in the Republican Party. It is the constitutional position. It is the advice of the founders to follow a non-interventionist foreign policy. Stay out of entangling alliances. Be friends with countries. Negotiate and talk with them and trade with them. Just think of the tremendous improvement [in] relationships with Vietnam. We lost 60,000 men, we came home in defeat, now we go over there and we invest in Vietnam. So there's a lot of merit to the advice of the founders, and following the Constitution. My argument is that we shouldn't go to war so carelessly. When we do, the wars don't end."

– Ron Paul – FOX News South Carolina GOP debate, May 15, 2007

"I want to tell you, and look you in the eye, my friend, as president of the United States, I will preserve my proud conservative Republican credentials, but I will reach across the aisle to the Democrats and work together for the good of this country."

– John McCain – CNN February 4, 2008