If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.

It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.

That's what I like about you, senator, you're kicking it old-school.

The Democrats were in the majority in the U.S. Senate when we voted for the Iraq war and passed the U.S. Patriot Act. It's not enough to be in the majority, you have to stand for something.

It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution.

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.

Congress has lost its way if we don't hold this President accountable for his actions.

Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.

Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.

I'm proud to be a Democrat.

Love is the soul of a divine being.

The human heart at whatever age opens only to the heart that opens in return.

I've been blessed, acne never knocked on my door. I think I look pretty darn good.

He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.

Beware the man with one gun. He can probably use it.

Jesus did not die just to give us peace and a purpose in life; he died to save us from the wrath of God.

I'm only interested in heavy metal when it's me who's playing it. I suppose it's a bit like smelling your own farts.

I'm not the guy who bursts into the room. I'm the most insecure person you'll meet if you get to know me.

If there's any literary ability in a feller, getting fired out of a good government job will bring it out.

You're dying every minute, but you won't die yet.