Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.

You can't buy peace by just wishing it and avoiding the challenges that other nations present to you.

For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee, and up until about 1923, something like that.

We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation.

Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them

For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children

I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.