Dukakis ran without understanding that there was a Democratic Party out in the land, and he never did call on it.

We are tired of having our integrity impugned. We are tired of having our sincerity questioned. We are tired of having our intelligence insulted.

No group of our citizens can be denied the right to participate in the opportunities of first-class citizenship.

I've been ostracized before in legislative bodies for voting against the majority. That doesn't bother me.

It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies.

Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.

You need the commitment of people that aren't worried about that next election, who are going to do the right thing and worry about the next generation. It's called political courage. And I can tell you, with me, you don't have to ask whether I have political courage.

In politics, they don't want anything that deters whatever their goal is. When people get in the way of that, that's when people get hurt - and sometimes destroyed.