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

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

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

Labels applied to people of any race are inherently offensive.

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.

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

To stand still is to regress.