I think Paul Sarbanes and his wife Christine socialized with them [George and Heather Mitchell] more than I did, but we all hung out, or we saw each other in groups.

You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.

Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.

When it comes to standing up for veterans, we cannot be the Republicans and Democrats, we have to be the red, white, and blue party.

Politics is social work with power.

I would say George Mitchell was like Clark Kent sometimes with his horn rimmed glasses and his very quiet manner. People say, well, he's just a quiet leader, but then he emerges as super hero and begins to move this legislation. He led by example.

I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs arent paying enough to keep families out of poverty