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

I've been saying for the last nine years, our power comes as much from - our respect in the world comes as much from the exercise of our power as it does from the power of our principles.

It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.

Just talk to me as a father ... not what the Constitution says. What do you feel?

It's easy being vice president - you don't have to do anything.

Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor also brought balance to our highest court; most recently, as been repeated many times, when she cautioned about how war doesn't give a blank check.

The reason I'm a Democrat is because the essence of the Democratic Party is an abhorrence for the abuse of power on the one hand, and the notion that everyone's entitled to be treated with dignity. That message never got through.