Unfortunately, we don't have the option of marriage in our country. We could go to Britain or Spain or Argentina and do something symbolic, but that's not what I want. I want to have the rights of anybody else in my home country. I don't want to be a second-class citizen

I do not believe the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress before committing US forces to achieve our objectives in the Gulf.

I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session.

I'm one of those people who believes that part of the greatness of the United States is our private sector. It's what we do as private citizens for ourselves and our companies. And our economy is essentially the wonder of the world because, in fact, it's produced so much for us over the years.

I think that freedom means freedom for everyone. As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish.

Cheney, Cheney, you can't hide, we charge you with genocide.

As I think about the future, I'm back where most people live their lives. Which is, death is not imminent, and that's different.