I sometimes think that I didn't leave the Republican Party, as much as it left me.

We acknowledge-now with President Obama-that we have made mistakes in the United States, and we along with other developed countries have contributed most significantly to the problem we face with climate change.

It wasn't until 1998 that I ever seriously thought about running for office. And I didn't make up my mind to do that until 1999, and then I ran for the Senate. It was really hard for me.

What the champions of suffrage understood was that the vote is not just a symbol of our equality, but that it can be, if used, a guarantee of results.

There's no day that is the same as the day before. So you have to be energized; you have to be focused.

I would love having the job of president because I know how to do it. I know what the country needs.

It should never be a crime to be gay.