Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.

The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.

In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.

I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine.

I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.

I think that that integrity is something that is important to voters.

It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.

Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.

From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation.

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

Americans are not saving enough for retirement.

If you can't change it don't worry about it.

In that sense, what a great way to live, if you could always do things that interest you, and do them with people who interest you.

If the poor, for example, because they are more in number, divide among themselves the property of the rich,- is not this unjust? . . this law of confiscation clearly cannot be just.

If I want to stop a research program I can always do it by getting a few experts to sit in on the subject, because they know right away that it was a fool thing to try in the first place.

The American way is the way most law-abiding Americans live - in debt. Does this make a balanced budget un-American?

Gratitude helps us love well by keeping us focused on the beauty in our relationship and the person we love.

Georgina," He murmured, pulling me closer. "You are the world.

It's time to realize that one cannot combat one injustice by invoking and using another injustice

If you want to enjoy the movie, you should know that it is the combination of film and light and white screen, and that the most important thing is to have a plain, white screen.

Begin to do small things in a great way...You must put the whole power of your great soul into every act.