I would have loved to have voted for it, but my view of my job is to do what I think is right, not to be cowed by the name of the bill.

I voted against it (the USA Patriot Act) because certain provisions of the Act represent a very dangerous infringement on our civil liberties.

I didn't come to Washington to make friends. That's not where my friends are.

The New Republic recently dubbed Feingold 'The Hillary Slayer'; Vogue called him 'The Man of the Moment'; and he is a favorite on liberal blogs like Daily Kos.

When a person tries to act in accordance with his conscience, when he tries to speak the truth, when he tries to behave like a citizen, even in conditions wher…

How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answerin…

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson, and follow him in all his motions, and windings, and turnings, even at the expense of my…