I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.

You campaigned against rich people and you got enough envy whipped up in the country and you're gonna get 'em. You're gonna stick it to those rich people. But guess what? You may not get anymore revenue. You may not get anymore economic growth. But you can say, 'I stuck it to the rich people.'

I will not vote to send my sons, or your sons, daughters, brothers, sisters or friends to fight for a stalemate.

I think if Russia is really an honest signatory to the chemical weapons ban, if Syria wants to be, ultimately someone has to be responsible for killing civilians. And that's the hard part out of this.

If there were an ounce of courage in this body I would be joined by other senators… saying they will not tolerate this.

I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution.

When we toppled [Muammar] Gadhafi in Libya, I think that was a mistake. I think ISIS grew stronger, we had a failed state, and we were more at risk.