I've been a strong supporter of public financing my whole career. I'm the first guy to introduce a public financing bill to the United States Senate in 1973.

You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.

Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value.

I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can't control their bodies.

No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.

America's leaders have to find a way to work together, rise to the challenge, and come up with solutions as bold and visionary as the people of this nation.

A community, a family, is a group of people who share common stories. The health of any community depends directly on the health of the stories the community embraces.

Reach high for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep for every dream precedes the goal.

I don't want to just spend my life ridiculing something that I find ridiculous, although there is an element of satire in my work.

America has given me so much, and I feel so strongly that it's my turn to give back to the country that I love.

It's dangerous, son.' 'What's dangerous?' 'When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.

Of all the black crimes that humanity is committing against the great Creation, vivisection is the blackest.

The funny thing for me is, I have never lived in a network world.

People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards.

If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly.

I'm around my kids every day. I'm regular. We're a regular family. My wife cooks, she washes clothes, I read books, I pump my own gas, I get my own hair cut.