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 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.

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.

As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.

Push your boundaries beyond the ordinary

Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.

I think I might be bi-polar. It's not normal to be this emotionally unstable.

True charity, I had had discovered, consists of swallowing an invisible flaming sword.

It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the world.

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

There are always roles that seem enticing that you can't do because of scheduling.

I'm no saint but I do believe in what is right.

If you're not falling, you're not training hard enough.

I'm sort of...coming off a bad relationship," "When did it end?" "Slightly before it started.