If a senator or congressman notices 25 phone calls, on any issue, on any given day, it is noted.

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.

You don’t have to allow the drama and events of the economy, others people’s lives, and external circumstances to limit your potential and rob you of the life you deserve.

Imagine me going around with a pot belly. It would mean political ruin.

There is even - as with no other game - a fascinating detective literature, a wry commentary on the human comedy, implicit in the book of rules.

Cast PURPOSE as the lead in your movie and you will help God, your Director, produce a masterwork.

Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.

Hope, even more than necessity, is the mother of invention.

Slavery is now nowhere more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty.

The iPod is not a new category. Music is not new. It's not a speculative market. It's a very, very large market. It's been around for thousands of years and will be around as long as humans exist.

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.

So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.