The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

Don't sacrifice your political convictions for the convenience of the hour.

Health care is not just another commodity. It is not a gift to be rationed based on the ability to pay. It is time to make universal health insurance a national priority, so that the basic right to health care can finally become a reality for every American.

We need the breast and the brightest to- umm the best and the brightest.

The demand of our people in 1980 is not for smaller government or bigger government but for better government.

It is extraordinary that each of the three individuals this president [ George W. Bush] has nominated for the Supreme Court - Chief Justice [John] Roberts, Harriet Miers and now Judge Alito - has served not only as a lawyer for the executive branch, but has defended the most expansive view of presidential authority.

I won't yield to anyone about guns in our society. I know enough about it.