The extremists took over the primary process.

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.

To me you were home, to you I was just a vacation.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.

What is it with you and girls’ bathrooms?

Secondly I would like to make continuous efforts of stabilising cross Strait relations, eventually reaching peace across the Taiwan strait and stability and security in the Asia Pacific region.

Can I go to heaven without truly and faithfully loving Jesus?”

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.

The books are balanced in heaven, not here.

The hysterical find too much significance in things. The depressed find too little.

Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.