Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution..

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are wil….

I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person..

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation..

We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel ….

I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which a man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have….

If you're going to play the game [politics] properly, you'd better know every rule..

For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it..

If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule..

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical fo….

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power..

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do no….

If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them..

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision..

I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous part….

The majority of the American people still believe that every single individual in this country is entitled to just as much respect, just as much dign….

Things which matter cost money, and we've got to spend the money if we do not want to have generations of parasites rather than generations of produc….

The Commission endorses prevention as the principal strategy to use in deterring illegal entries. We applaud the efforts of innovative Border Patrol ….

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interp….

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility..

A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny..