If money is free speech, the big interests are sitting in front with megaphones and the average citizens are sitting in the back.

The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book.

Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times.

As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.

A man I admire and respect - Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with the worst chapter in American history, segregation, deaths of children in church bombings, George Wallace. That, to me, was so hurtful.

We still have a long way to go before we can declare America safe, and that means doing a better job along our borders, as well.

There is no confidence in the Arab world today in the United States of America.