There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.

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.

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.

Corruption is not bribery but bribery is corruption.

People should read more.

A traffic jam is a collision between free enterprise and socialism. Free enterprise produces automobiles faster than socialism can build roads and road capacity.

What we don't include is as important as what we do include.

The scholars of Ireland seem not to have the least conception of style, but run on in a flat phraseology, often mingled with barbarous terms.

Yeah, well, food is always a part of everything.