I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!

Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights.

The war against terrorism will not be finished as long as he [Saddam Hussein] is in power.

Secrecy can spring from the best motives; but as it grows it begins to exist only for itself, only for its own sake, only to cover its own abuses.

When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.

Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.

Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.