There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.

I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow.

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.

I want to rebuild America.

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.

Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that?

I think its time to get a reapportionment process that frankly takes out the incumbency protection and the raw politics of the process.