It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest.

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.

Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

I don't like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini.

I knew people were going to see me see deteriorate before their eyes.

Rainmakers create growth through commitment.

Don’t allow the fear to weaken you. You must conquer fear with faith.

there is one question on my head, its people complicated or life complicated or people make it complicated or me so complicated what complicated even mean ?

When Tetro came out, I met with Warren Beatty for the first time. I had, like, a four-and-a-half-hour lunch with him, and then over the next five years continued to meet with him and go to his house.

A book may be as great a thing as a battle.

Get jailed, jump bail, join the Army if you fail.

Mercy, she had discovered, made mad alchemy: a drop of it could dilute a lake of hate.

The first maxim of a man who loves liberty, should be never to grant to rulers an atom of power that is not most clearly and indispensably necessary for the safety and well being of society.

God can be trusted even when he cannot be seen or understood.

And Thou shalt never, but never be a bystander.