Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it

I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes the 'security' out of Social Security.

The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans.

A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.

Our solutions must be beyond anything we have ever considered. We should not be afraid to try bold new approaches.

The high price of health care in this country is a serious issue that demands serious attention. Putting limits on damages have little or no effect on skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates.

The president's budget request today demonstrates his unwillingness to come clean on the true costs of his agenda. A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter

Do you know how many houses all of the nonprofits have built? No more than 5,000 in five years. Do you know how many we lost? 200,000.

From politics and business to music and food to culture, African-Americans have helped to shape our state's colourful past and its future.

If I had to vote for the bill again, I'd vote for it tomorrow.

I like being powerful. I hope it doesn't go to my head. If somebody's going to have it, it might just as soon be me. There's always power, and it's just a matter of in whose hands it falls.

Don’t kill yourself when your scorching sun intensifies

For any question – regardless of its complexity – there is a clear andsimple answer.

We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.

While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the windowpane.

Not much is known about alligators. They don't train well. And they're unwieldy and rowdy to work with in laboratories.

Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much.

The primary rule of business success is loyalty to your employer. That's all right as a theory. What is the matter with loyalty to yourself?

My plays are always pushing towards cinema anyway. They're down and dirty, real and more fun.

In Japanese sushi restaurants, a lot of sushi chefs talk too much.

A very beautiful honey blonde, Sharon Tate, looked into the eyes of the man who the evidence shows just four and a half months later would order her tragic and violent death.