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.

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?

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

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

Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

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