I will only vote to confirm a nominee for attorney general who is truly independent and who will guarantee reforms that restore and uphold the Constitution.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf.

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.

Clean communities, crystal clear coastal waters

And I suffered you and gave you all my pieces

There is no reason why I should call myself a democrat.

Nuclear weapons will not be gotten rid of until the United States confronts the magnitude of the horror, the tragedy, and the long-term suffering of the victims

I don't even drink Coke. It tastes like robot sweat.

When you treat your body like a Bentley, you value yourself and you start to look at your body differently.

Every time thief steals, he steals from his own peace, from his own honour! No man is as poor as a rich thief!

Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.

Everyone who works with love and with intelligence finds in the very sincerity of his love for nature and art a kind of armor against the opinions of other people.

When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to places I wouldn't have got to by myself. I'm always attracted to a strong director.