We are Americans first, Americans last, Americans always... Let us argue our differences. But remember we are not enemies, but comrades in a war against a real enemy...

But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned to love very dearly the right of free expression when I lived without that freedom for a while a long time ago.

Every time there's been an out-of-bounds remark made by a Republican, no matter where they are, I have repudiated them.

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

Americans have got to understand that we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today. And that's a disgrace. It's an absolute disgrace and it's got to be fixed.

It's always the wacko birds on right and left that get the media megaphone.

The benefit of an open town hall meeting is one that you get to hear a lot of different views, and two it has credibility.