When conservatives talk about opportunity, they mean opportunities for the rich to get richer, for the powerful to get more powerful.

My mother said, if you don't have the cash, don't buy it. And on that, my mother was right.

If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.

I hear all this, you know, 'Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.' No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own - nobody.

Say good-bye to a Supreme Court that is truly open and balanced and looking out for the American people. Instead the Republicans just want to capture a right-wing court for another whole generation.

Our veterans deserve the very best, and that means ensuring that America's veterans receive high-quality services and cares when they come back home.

We [US government] have used our taxpayer dollars not only to subsidize these banks but also to subsidize the creditors of those banks and the equity holders in those banks. We could have talked about forcing those investors to take some serious hits on their risky dealings. The idea that taxpayer dollars go in first rather than last - after the equity has been used up - is shocking.