Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.

[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.

Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other ...Fairness treats everbody the same.

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.

I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.