By the time you rise through the ranks, the culture of homogenization has bred the spirit and imagination out of you.

That's why I call the Senate the graveyard of democracy, because even when you have 58 senators, they can block it and block it and block it.

This (George W. Bush's) administration is not sympathetic to corporations, it is indentured to corporations

I think most Americans are against illegal surveillance of their emails and telephone calls by the government.

The concept of individual with a conscience is one whose highest allegiance is to his fellow man.

Obviously, the answer to oil spills is to paper-train the tankers.

End perverse incentives that reward Wall Street speculators.