Speech doesn't corrupt. Money corrupts, and money isn't speech.

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.

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.

Every new situation leads to new strategy for survival.

What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we love black culture?

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

Government is at best a petulant servant and at worst a tyrannical master.

When God forgave me, I figured I'd better do it too.

Do not be tempted by English roses. Their beauty fades, but their thorns are forever.

While I was pregnant, I had dozens of checkups. They covered everything from blood tests to ultrasounds, and I even had the option of attending birthing classes with my husband.

Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.

You know, I wouldn't even call snowboarding a sport, you know for me it's just a way of life