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

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.

It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.

As we have seen from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's example, even one justice can profoundly alter the meaning of those words for our citizens. Even one justice can deeply affect the rights and liberties of the American people.

Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?

Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.

It is a moral issue how we are going to treat workers. On these issues, these are moral issues, principled issues, where there aren't compromises.