The tax system is stacked against the average taxpayer.

The demand of our people in 1980 is not for smaller government or bigger government but for better government.

We need the breast and the brightest to- umm the best and the brightest.

I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.

The separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.

Democrats may be in the minority in Congress, but we speak for the majority of Americans.

Have faith in yourself and in the future.

We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.

Don't sacrifice your political convictions for the convenience of the hour.

I favor access to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act.

I hate to see a young man get ahead based on a famous family name.

Health care is a right, not a privilege.

Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.

Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits.

Keep your tax-cutting, greedy hands off our Medicare

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.

The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.