The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

People that had the guts to put their loyalty to the Constitution ahead of their loyalty to their political party were citizen legislators.

When I came to Washington, I was troubled to observe so many similarities between the behaviors of drug-addicted patients and my political colleagues. In Washington power is like morphine.

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

I firmly believe that the court should take another direction on many of these moral issues that face us.

I would like to believe I would not have behaved differently had I not made a term limits pledge, but my own frailties and human desire for prestige and position tell me my term limits pledge did make a difference in how I approached my job in Congress.

I'm proud of our country that we elected Barack Obama. I mean, it says something about us nationally. You know, it's kind of like crowning your checker when you get to the end of your checker board. Here's another thing that says America's special: Barack Obama, president of the United States.