Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

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.

Learning to cover a mistake is as important as getting everything right.

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

I think dissonance in music makes you think. It isn't, 'Oh, that's a pretty melody I can whistle.' You have to sit down and listen to tell it apart from other things.

The most likely moment for something incredible to happen to me was the moment I was most certain nothing ever would.

Adversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us.

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

Educational progress is a national concern; education is a private one.

The goal isn't to do work and hand it in just before it's due. The goal is to do the work as beautifully as you can, faster than anyone else, so you can do more work.

You don't have enough time to be both unhappy & mediocre. It's not just pointless; it's painful.

Learn all from one thing. -Ab uno disce omnes