The fact is that Democrats are not for tax cuts.

Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue.

The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress is going to stand in the way of science and preclude scientists from doing lifesaving research.

I believe that the issue of mental health services for our troops deploying or returning from combat is one that demands the attention of this body, if only for a few minutes today.

Those most likely to be raped or sexually assaulted are young women between the ages of 16 and 24, women with their whole lives ahead of them. This one act of violence will alter their lives forever.

A single act of kindness is like a drop of oil on a patch of dry skin—seeping, spreading, and affecting more than the original need.

Every full bottle of alcohol has a message in it, a surprise that one will not discover until one drinks it

Liberty of conscience (when people have consciences) is rightly considered the most indispensable of liberties.

TV is a very sensitive thing. If you're not happy with what you're doing, I don't think you should do it because you will do it for awhile.

God's mercy is a holy mercy, which knows how to pardon sin, not to protect it; it is a sanctuary for the penitent, not for the presumptuous.

I guess mercy is a muscle like any other. You got to exercise it, or it just cramp right up.

History is a story of violence at work. It all comes down to the old saw that, however much you can gain with a kind word, you can gain more with a kind word and a gun.

Everything intelligent is so boring.

Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.

The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night.