We have gone into a war, an unelected president sending us into a war that the Congress frankly had no right, I believe, to authorize.

There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.

I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome.

I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible in order to assure, frankly, future generations don't have to pay our bills.

People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience.