Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

July does not a November election make.

The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense.

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.

You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.