I believe in local control of education.

It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.

That's what I like about you, senator, you're kicking it old-school.

The Democrats were in the majority in the U.S. Senate when we voted for the Iraq war and passed the U.S. Patriot Act. It's not enough to be in the majority, you have to stand for something.

It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution.

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.

Congress has lost its way if we don't hold this President accountable for his actions.

Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.

Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.

I'm proud to be a Democrat.

A hero is merely a man never afraid of being called to heaven because he is certain he has done his duty, Nicholas." -Admiral Lord Nelson (fictional)

There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season.

I've always wondered, how did Hitler get away with so much for so long?

I don't know any girls who appreciate getting a close-up snap of a guy's privates out of nowhere.

I dumb down for my audience and double my dollars...

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends as to give them no cause to miss him less.

If my shirt's off all the time on national TV, with 20 million people watching, I want to look my best.

Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.

I have spent my life going from mania to mania. Somehow it has all paid off.

Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas