We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody.

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.

In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

Politics is so much about serendipity that we've got to have a bigger pool of women, so that when people drop out of the process, you've got others to turn to.

We need to say to everyone on Election Day, 'Those of you who helped make this a good day, you need to go out and help us finish the job.'