George Mitchell was a very good leader, and we were more than satisfied with his leadership. And I know the guys were jealous.

America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.

I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources

Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

We work on macro issues and macaroni and cheese issues. When women are in the halls of power, our national debate reflects the needs and dreams of American families.

You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.

The family is not only a living arrangement. It has always been a symbol of survival.

Politics is social work with power.

We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work.

To delight in God is to desire Jesus Christ.

Ignoramus: a person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings.

If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.

And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up.

I definitely think that myself and Sam will help the Timberwolves.

I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste.

Beyond all the fires of love through which one passes there is the star of Duty, and happy the individual who can live in its serenity.