It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act.

I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.

As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.

The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?

For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.

We were taught never to give up, never to passively accept fate, but to exhaust every last ounce of will and hope in the face of any challenge.

The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not a cheerleader for an imperial presidency.

Desires intellectual, social etc., but they all be, Soul‟s longing through mind and senses activity.- 40 -

We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.

As history proves abundantly, mathematical achievement, whatever its intrinsic worth, is the most enduring of all.

Civilization is a disease produced by the practice of building societies with rotten material.

Harry Dresden. Saving the world, one act of random destruction at a time.

Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.

Not only was [Edwin Land] one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art and science and business and built an organization to reflect that.

...a great good is worth being long desired.