"I believe in local control of education."

"Money in politics is a huge issue."

"I was one of 14 senators to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act. I thought it was a harsh and unnecessary thing to do to people across this country who care enough about each other to want to be married."

"Well, my view is that the insurance companies have done awfully well and spent a lot of money on a lot of things that don't have anything to do with health care."

"History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."

"So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was."

"There is not any memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory of some temptation we resisted."

"The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history."