Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.

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.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

Research is to see what everybody has seen and to think what nobody else has thought.

Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.

August, the summer's last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.

The Founders didn't mention political parties when they wrote the Constitution, and George Washington in essence warned us against them in his Farewell Address.

This principle of unity of the whole along with respect for individual differences is symbolized in the Mishkan, the Tabernacle.

Measure a person by what they do with power.

For most of the track world, the Olympic year is such a huge year, and it's a big year for us marathoners too.