How many members of Congress go face the people in a town meeting and are prepared to answer questions from the floor. That to me is the real litmus test.

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.

Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

I don't like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini.

I knew people were going to see me see deteriorate before their eyes.

God is the One that gives knowledge and revelation

A sensitivity is a true beauty of a woman

A civil tongue speaks the language of masters. An uncivil tongue reveals character flaws of its master.

So far there has been little discussion among gender scholars about the need to engage with skeptics. They tend to view skeptics and dissenters as cranks.

Ninety percent of who you are is invisible." - Mrs. Zender

To do anything, it is first necessary to be doing nothing.

And when I'm not working, my agent books three auditions a day...I'd rather go to the set and work.

If you find my stories dirty, the society you are living in is dirty. With my stories, I only expose the truth

I never smoked a cigar in my life until I was nine