American Quotes

Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.

It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.

Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud.

The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.

For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make.

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.

The Army damages itself when it doesn't live up to its own values.

I grew up in New York, I love New York.

I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.

I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.

I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy.

I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.

I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.

I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

Change isn't easy, it takes time.

After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.

I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America through civil rights, women's rights, equal justice, and they've passed that on to their children and grandchildren.

I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.

Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.

Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.

When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like 'Oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed; I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact, poetry's a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These a

In terms of my marriage, you know, falling in love with my husband was by far the best thing that's ever happened to me.