Trust is built with consistency.

In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.

Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations.

The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.

Anger's not a good emotion.

Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric.

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win.

Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response to surging medical malpractice premiums that endanger Americans' access to quality medical care.

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

I remember my Republican Party as fiscally conservative, as caring about the environment.

Nothing begins and nothing ends That is not paid with moan For we are born in others' pain And perish in our own.

All considerations for these human remains! They must have an escort! They are classified!

So many of my staff is young enough that they're going to do amazing things. And I'm going to be helping them try to do them.

Selecting the right college to attend is an investment into a young man or woman's future, it's not just about basketball.

... even in houses commonly held to be 'booky' one finds, nine times out of ten, not a library but a book-dump.

The solution to our energy needs must go through a show of respect for nature, not, once again, a policy that does violence to our hills.

Technology is Darwinian. It spreads. It evolves. It adapts. The most dangerous wipes out the less fit.

While I had cancer, I wrote these twenty-two personal essays about how I lived my life backed by Zen and writing.

I'm not going to bargain in the media because I don't think that's appropriate.

Stand in that reverent attitude to the whole universe, and then will come perfect non attachment.