I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.

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

We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost

I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. My dad was a Methodist minister. I went off to war. I have been married to the same woman forever. I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.

I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket.

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