The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.

Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.

I have been uplifted by the extraordinary power of the American heart - by those armies of compassion, who are willing to cross town or cross the globe to minister to those they've never met and will never see again.

I think the Republican Party has indicated to everyone who wants to look at us that, you know, we're in the mainstream. We understand a lot of the concerns people have.

When it's all over, it's not who you were ... it's whether you made a difference.

Having been in Congress, you know that's part of our responsibility the constituent has a problem, We're supposed to write back and say, 'Well I can't do anything' That's not what they elect you for.

We'll all be riding that streetcar of desire.