If confirmed, Judge [Samuel] Alito could serve on the court for generation or more. And the decisions he will make as justice will have a direct impact on the lives and liberties of our children, our grandchildren, and even our great-grandchildren.

In an era when America is still too divided by race and by riches, Judge [Samuel] Alito has not written one single opinion on the merits in favor of a person of color alleging race discrimination on the job: in 15 years on the bench, not one.

I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.

She's a wonderful, wonderful person, and we're looking to a happy and wonderful night - ah, life.

I hate to see a young man get ahead on the basis of a famous family name.

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

Through periodic increases over the next three decades under Democratic and Republican administrations alike, the nation achieved one of the fundamental goals of a just society, which is that no one who works for a living should have to live in poverty.