I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts.

We thought for the longest time we might have a chance to run the table because we're such nice guys and centrist party, etcetera, but not getting into the debates really sort of foreclosed that option.

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to.