At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early.

I'm constantly meeting people who said that they cast their first vote for me, or that they cut their eye teeth on the 1972 campaign, or that they didn't vote for me but admire my positions.

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

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.

Every Senator in this Chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This Chamber reeks of blood.

People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.