I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can do it during a campaign because thousands are screaming for you. You're getting adrenaline shots each day. Then the campaign ends, and there are no more shots.

And above all, above all, honest work must be rewarded by a fair and just tax system. The tax system today does not reward hard work: it penalizes it. Inherited or invested wealth frequently multiplies itself while paying no taxes at all. But wages on the assembly line or in farming the land, these hard-earned dollars are taxed to the very last penny.

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

I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.

Don't throw away your conscience.

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.

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.