We are a religious nation because we do not have a state religion, because the government guarantees freedom of religion but has no role in religion, because not only do we tolerate our religious differences, we celebrate them.

politics can be an ugly game, and in a national election the stakes get higher while the tactics get lower.

You people married to Italian men, you know what it's like.

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

Vice president—it has such a nice ring to it.

We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.

I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.