No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

Don't throw away your conscience.

When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is, "Can we stand anything else?

My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad.

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'

Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down.

Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.