I think people are very focused on the economic issues. They want an economy that works for everybody.

Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist.

If faith is your motivation, share that.

Most evil in the world is only partly because of an evil person. Most of it is because of the complicity of bystanders.

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

No couples in Virginia can adopt other than a married couple - that's the right policy.

We spend at least $5 for remedial education right now for every dollar we put in early childhood education. All the studies on early childhood education show this is going to pay for itself.

Matters about reproduction and intimacy and relationships and contraception are in the personal realm. They're moral decisions for individuals to make for themselves.

I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.

If you want to have a society where people are respected and respect laws, you can't have somebody at the top who demeans every group that he talks about.

I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of.

The devil has no power over us except in our area of ignorance.

The only thing that stops you from success is fear of the unknown

What began as an apparently harmless pastime has ended up as a frightening, overpowering addiction or obsession.

I may a loser in many ways but not a quitter in any way.

Treat the other man's faith gently: it is all he has to believe with.

In theory we are all equal before the law. In practice, there are overwhelming privileges that come with winning the birth lottery.

Freedom to publish means freedom for all and not for some. Freedom to publish is guaranteed by the constitution but freedom to continue to prevent others from publishing is not.

If goodness is its own reward, shouldn't we get a little something for being naughty?

If you stand still there is only one way to go, and that's backwards.

This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness.