The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.

I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.