We've not had one Republican president in 34 years balance the budget. You can't trust right-wing Republicans with your money. You ought to hire somebody who has balanced a budget. I'm much more conservative with money than George Bush is.

We know that no one person can succeed unless everybody else succeeds.

We will ultimately be judged by how we react in times of trouble and how we care for the least among us.

Most Christmas carols have no obvious religious content, or at least that's noticeable to most people. I mean, it is almost by definition, a cultural phenomenon, all these songs, even though they point to this very religious holiday. They're not religious songs in effect anymore.

We have to say what we believe... whether it's popular or not.

Barry Goldwater once said, "I'd rather be right than president." I can't tell you how much I disagree with that Barry Goldwater.

I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway.