It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.

Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.

In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts

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.

Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the country, the state, the nation, and the world.