Historically we have rejected extremism on the left and the right. Centrism is the right course for America.

In elective politics, it's up or out. You go up the ladder, or you get out of the game.

I deplored a system that made it more profitable not to work than to work. I wanted to help change all that.

The member of Congress who forgets his constituents' needs usually serves only one term.

When people treat corruption as a routine part of the process, you have something far worse than wrongdoing or moral failing. You have a political cancer that breeds cynicism about democratic government and infects all of society.

My entire life has been devoted to breaking down barriers, to finding common ground.

My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents.