It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote.

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

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

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.

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.

Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence.

We shall meanly lose or nobly save the last hope of earth.

For a punishment to be just it should consist of only such gradations of intensity as suffice to deter men from committing crimes.

The fact is, when I wrote 'Juno' - and I think this is part of its charm and appeal - I didn't know how to write a movie. And I also had no idea it was going to get made!

It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.

Love is a hard rock between two people and can't be torn apart

Sara held up a hand. 'How exactly did you "decline" his offer?' 'By slitting his throat.

I imagine if Spotify becomes something that people are willing to pay for, then I'm sure iTunes will just create their own service, and they're actually fair to artists.

Well, there's one thing to be said for money. It can make you rich.

Cats know everything there is to know about meditation.