I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.

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.

Rivera rubbed his temples. "Satan told you to do it?" he said wearily."No.""Elvis?""I told you, it's supernatural.

I won't be Cheeky and hypocritical... I will be real or nothing!

Set thine house in order.

A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist.

I was a very bad journalist. Awful. I would just invent everything. If I did an interview, I had a preconception of what that person should say and I would put my words in his mouth.

Everything I have and everything I do is now given completely to Jesus Christ.

Separate yourself from the technique; separate yourself from yourself.

High expectations don't bother me at all.

I like my squishy, red, high-heeled Vivienne Westwood jelly shoes. They make you seem like you're much more of a go-er.

Not living for food, but living for the sake of an ideal, that is the goal of education