I have never been opposed to earmarks.

Derivatives are a huge, complex issue.

I think, like everybody else in New Hampshire, when I pull up to fill up my car and I pay $50, I get upset. And I'm wondering if these prices are legitimate.

We invaded Iraq to change a totalitarian, despotic regime, and we have been successful there.

Elections have consequences.

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

The president deserves someone who can block for his policies.

I think I could have worked for the Clinton administration.

I don't rule out anything in my future.

I think it is important that we all try and be green where it is possible; an awareness of the world around us can never be a bad thing.

You have safety and soundness as primary purpose of the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the other agencies which control banking regulation.

Those are who are selfish are rewarded for being nice. Those who truly care about others feel a smile in return is all the reward they need.

I loved you when I left you.

What comes after victory? Why do people value victory so much? What is 'glory'? What kind of victory is 'glorious'?

The poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all the brothers; and if he spoke little, he heard and thought the more.

In anything that does cover the whole of your life - in your philosophy and your religion - you must have mirth. If you do not have mirth you will certainly have madness.

Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.

Public Opinion, this invisible, intangible, omnipresent, despotic tyrant; this thousand-headed Hydra - the more dangerous for being composed of individual mediocrities...

There is something all life has in common, and when I know what it is I shall know myself.

No one hates war like a soldier hates war.

Ha. "Against my will I am sent to bid you come into dinner." There's a double meaning in that. -Benedick (Much Ado)