When we build a public library, we don't have to pay to get in, but when we build a stadium, we have to pay the owner every time we go to a game.

A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

I will criticize President Obama on this level: it's a good thing I'm not president because I would prosecute every person that was involved in that torture. I would prosecute the people that did it. I would prosecute the people that ordered it. Because torture is against the law.

Personally, I think Julian Assange is a hero.

A car is a 2,000 pound projectile that can go 100 miles an hour.

Learn from history or you're doomed to repeat it.