I will also continue to strongly oppose any reauthorization of the Patriot Act that does not protect the rights and freedoms of law-abiding Americans with no connection to terrorism.

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.

Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe.

Memory holds you back, Imagination pushes you forward.

You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer, ” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.

The warrior who goes off to battle should not boast as the one who returns from it.

I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me.

A dream is always simmering below the conventional surface of speech and reflection.

We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.

I think if you're open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you're closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.

I let down my guard and my heart was as good as gone.

You're familiar with the tragedies of antiquity, are you? The great homicidal classics?