I think we’ve got to be very careful here not to let the temperature rise too high about the Bush administration involvement at this point,

[Gore and Lieberman described their Republican rivals as coming from the ranks of the Old Guard.] Do you want to go forward, or do you want to go backward? … Forward!

about what the future will be here in Iraq.

We gave him 12 years to do what he promised to do at the end of the Gulf War, which was to disclose the weapons of mass destruction.

intended to forestall any more immediate response.

This is a moment of crisis, not just in the Gulf Coast, but in America’s self-confidence in the way government responds to attacks.

You know, I respect what Howard Dean has been able to do. It’s good for our party. But I’ve got to tell you this: If money alone decided presidential nominations, Phil Gramm would have been...

A foreign national who is captured and determined to be an enemy combatant in the world war on terrorism has no more right to a habeas corpus appeal to our courts than did a captured...

The moment of truth has arrived for Saddam Hussein.

Based on his record, I will vote against his confirmation,

after all, we’re talking about enemy combatants.

If this memo is what it looks like, I’m afraid that the folks at Arthur Andersen could be on the other end of an indictment before this is over,

It marks the critical first step in a crucial process that is needed to maintain safe navigation, the long-term viability of the ports and public access to the Sound,

The president is, after all, the commander in chief – not only in terms of international crises, but in terms of catastrophes here at home.

I think ideology is a relevant thing.

When I look at Al Gore … and think about the courage that went into making this decision, I see a glimpse of how good this nation can be,

I hate to see that, but maybe if we’re successful with our efforts to bring the president back together with his EPA administrator.

We have reached an important milestone and achieved a new momentum in reaching a goal all Americans should embrace – building a secure, peaceful, democratic Iraq that is no longer a threat to the United...

We are in fact treating violent media like tobacco, and other products that pose a risk to our children.

I suppose that may help him finance those tax plans that haven’t worked, but believe me, we’re going to pay a large price for it in the future,

What we don’t know can indeed hurt us.

This is going to require some very tough leadership from you in priorities, the setting of priorities and the willingness to try to implement those.

ultimately infuriating and raises serious questions which our committee’s investigation must answer.

We must not condemn to frustration those whose job it is to protect us by failing to provide them with the necessary resources to meet the threats they face.

And honestly, we don’t know yet whether … we should blame the president, Ms. Lewinsky, Ms. Tripp, Judge Starr or the media — or all of them, to some extent.

We know for a fact that he has biological and chemical weapons, and he is developing a very unsettling capability to deliver those weapons to distant targets,

I have supported affirmative action, I do support affirmative action and I will support affirmative action.

We cannot let extremists and terrorists, a small number, here in Iraq deprive the 27 million Iraqis of what they want, which is a better freer life, safer life for themselves and their children,

Shame on us if 100 or 200 years from now our grandchildren and great-grandchildren are living on a planet that has been irreparably damaged by global warming, and they ask, ‘How could those who came...

It should also explode the illusions of post-war progress and stability the Bush administration continues to cling to,

Over his entire public life, Saddam Hussein gives us no reason to have confidence in agreements,

He basically said … that Roe was precedent on which people, a lot of people, relied, and had been precedent now for decades and therefore deserved great respect,

We support a woman’s right to choose, … The other ticket does not.

We don’t know enough to know whether any of that influence in any way stopped the administration or agencies of our federal government from protecting average shareholders who lost their life savings when Enron collapsed,...

I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.

Every day, first responders put their own lives on the line to ensure our safety. The least we can do is make sure they have the tools to protect and serve their communities.

This is historic. It gives us the opportunity to set the agenda.

is a task of high justice and necessity.

We have until 2012 to meet Kyoto … and it doesn’t make sense

The way we’re really going to grow the economy is to invest in people, to invest in innovation, to have the federal government put money in the kind of research that will create the new...

Oh, great for the state. Great for America, but this would have been a terrible blow to our state economically.

I hope that the president and I hope the leadership of Congress will, before the end of this year, schedule a debate in which we will grant President Bush authority to take action to remove...

Any attempt at amendment would take us back to the beginning and I think would be a real setback.

I said, ‘that sounds to me like a basic statement of human rights policy,’ … That was about it. I added, like so many others, I supported affirmative action. I’ve not supported quotas. I know...

There have been specific criticisms about their reliability, visibility and understandability, … And there’ve been general complaints that the ratings don’t provide parents with enough information about content, about the levels of sex, violence and...

I think we’re in danger as a result of the Bush administration policy towards North Korea of turning a situation which is difficult into one which is quite dangerous, … We cannot have a nuclear...

The checks go more for the integrity of the person and not necessarily how the person will perform under the kind of pressure that Katrina has put people under, … Biography and resumes are important,...

That`s why we cannot allow the coming legislative battle over telecommunications to become a contest within the industry, … It has got to be focused on goals for societies and individual members of society with...

But that doesn’t mean that everyone who brings a racial discrimination case ought to win the case,

With all due respect, I think that’s a little like saying that the veterinarian and the taxidermist are in the same business, … Because either way, you get your dog back.