The career politicians in Washington had transformed a government "for the people" into a government for themselves and for special interests.

All change starts with a distant rumble at the grassroots level.

The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years.

An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

One poll showed that Americans have a higher opinion of witches, the IRS and hemorrhoids than Congress

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

When I came to Washington, I was troubled to observe so many similarities between the behaviors of drug-addicted patients and my political colleagues. In Washington power is like morphine.

Careerism: the self-centered philosophy of governing to win the next election above all else.

Everybody is gonna die from something. And so the deal is how to use each day to move things forward for both you and the people you love and the country you love.

The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

To love is to let someone live in the goodness of your heart.

Is there any holy beings like human beings?

We encounter great souls by reading great books.

I had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty!

Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.

Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.

I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my movies.

For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man's face. I now Say what I think.

I want to do what I like and that's play football.

Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.