There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.

People want opportunity so they can earn security.

Democracy is not a mathematical deduction proved once and for all time. Democracy is a just faith fervently held, commitment to be tested again and again in the fiery furnace of history.

I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.

My wife had a miscarriage. We have rarely talked about it. It did make me more aware of the sanctity of human life, how precious every child is.

I've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted.

Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty.