If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.

We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.

Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

I don't like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini.

I knew people were going to see me see deteriorate before their eyes.

As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.

The world needs many more humanitarians than it needs warriors, but there can be none of the former without enough of the latter.

You are...beyond my imagination. It's a wonder you can be touched at all.

Lead by Example, not by showing samples

We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time

I do condition my hair with honey and beer. I smell like the bottom of a beer barrel for days afterwards, but it's very good for the hair.

Nothing strengthens a woman's determination to be in love quite so much as being told that she cannot.

Its a game, and that’s how I am going to treat it.

Look at the problems in your life. Ask yourself, 'What kind of thoughts am I having that create this?'

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

There should be hours for necessities, not for delights; times to repair our nature with comforting repose, and not for us to waste these times.