I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

As an American, I want our forces to prevail.

If we are willing to concede the President dictatorial authority where we happen to agree with him, as liberals have tended to do over the years, we will have little chance of tying his hands when we do not....You will see why many of us in the Congress understand how Dr. Frankenstein must have felt when his creation ran amok.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.