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

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.

If the history of wartime politics teaches us anything, it is that measures that seem just, or at least permissible, in a time of conflict, can have damaging a…

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

The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.

The President of the United States of necessity owes his election to office to the suffrage and zealous labors of a political party, the members of which cheri…

I have no private purpose to accomplish, no party objectives to build up, no enemies to punish-nothing to serve but my country.