When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.

It has been my experience that the hearings are really, in effect, a subtle minuet, with the nominee answering as many questions as he thinks necessary in order to be confirmed.

How many members of Congress go face the people in a town meeting and are prepared to answer questions from the floor. That to me is the real litmus test.

I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election.

It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.

Look, the president can discharge all 93 U.S. attorneys for no reason at all, but not for a bad reason.