I think that I was just on the cusp of the generation that was beginning to really challenge some of the assumptions about the role of women and the role of men on campus.

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

The White House has something in common with the rest of America, and that is disdain for Congress. It is hard to blame them.

If every crime victim had to have perfect judgment, we could empty our prisons.

You never know what'll happen in politics.

What? You don't trust me?

Well, Im wrestling alligators.

Mitch McConnell is a professional arm twister. He's done this for many years. He has a lot of power in his caucus.

For Donald Trump to dismiss out of hand the intelligence community's fact gathering is, frankly - doesn't bode well for him protecting our country.

I cannot be bound to the confines of your rules. I am the exception to them.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.

A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others

We've gotten to the point where everybody's got a right and nobody's got a responsibility.

Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.

There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.

If you're interested in a book that will steadily grow and sell for a very long time, I promise you I will give you that.

Of all influences that cause men to choose wrong, selfishness is undoubtedly the strongest. Where it is, the Spirit is not.