I did not know at the time, but what I did at that swimming pool [on the east side of Wilmington] paved the way for Barack Obama.

The American public's a lot more sophisticated than we all give them credit for. And on complicated issues, I'm going to give them straight answers. And if it takes more than three minutes, I'm going to do it.

I know I'm not supposed to like muscle cars, but I like muscle cars.

Not that I've always agreed with what she said - far from it - but Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has been properly lauded, in my view, as a judge who approached her duties with open-mindedness and with a sensitivity that affects her decisions would have on everyday, ordinary people.

There's no reason the nation of Africa cannot and should not join the ranks of the world's most prosperous nations in the near term, in the decades ahead. There is simply no reason.

I have never left another senator out to dry. Never.

Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive.