My change in party will enable me to be re-elected.

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.

Goals are the source of misery. An unattained goal causes pain, but actually achieving it brings only a brief satisfaction.

Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time.

Good is not good, where better is expected.

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography, and should

Maybe you's a stank ho, maybe that's a bit mean Maybe you grew up and I'm still living like I'm sixteen.

Existence begins in every instant.

My kids are really easy. I often worry that they're too easy to deal with. They're really nice people.

The characters and events depicted in the damn bible are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Respected, I almost want to be revered, that's what I'm chasing.