If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

If this will require a rollcall vote, I cannot predict how many rollcall votes we will have this evening, but I would not make dinner plans.

It is my hope that we will spend more time talking about the substantive needs of schoolchildren than the issue of attaching political blame.

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

That's good for us, because teams won't be able to key on one receiver. They're going to have to play all of us.

I am more afraid of an army of a hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of a hundred lions led by a sheep.

I have always been fond of the West African proverb 'Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.'