America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf.

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.

When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.

I’d learned to avoid mirrors. They never seemed to show me what I wanted to see.

I sometimes wonder how many beautiful black sweaters have been knit from my wool.

I accept the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to represent the State of Illinois.

RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.

When you are in the field of creativity, you lose track of time. Only the flow exists.

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.

Yes, Louise Brooks was beautiful and intelligent, and she could be very funny, but obviously there was a deep insecurity there, a real destructive rage and immaturity.

In terms of the Patriot Act, and all the other things he has pledged he would do, such as transparency in government,[Barack] Obama has reneged on his promises.

To hold a testimony, one must bear it often and live worthy of it.

For me, choreography is a process of physical thinking. It's very much in mind as well as in body.