To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

Peace of mind is another way of saying that you've learned how to love, that you have come to appreciate the importance of giving love in order to be worthy of receiving it.

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.

My philosophy has always been that benefits should percolate up rather than trickle down.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction to the very meaning of America.