We thought we had that agreement, ... But instead of honoring it, the Republican leadership came back this afternoon and ripped it apart.

I wasn't worried about it, ... I thought it was an alright thing to do.

They just thought they would take a wrecking ball to me and see if they could do some damage, ... I was not trying to be particularly helpful to them.

I also learned that a person was not necessarily bad just because you did not agree with him, and that if you believed in something, you had better be prepared to defend it.

One reason I continue to oppose efforts to criminalize abortion is that I do not believe any government should have the power to dictate, through law or police action, a woman's most personal decisions."

"I consider that a slippery slope to state control of reproduction, and I'd witnessed the consequences of such control in China and Communist Romania.

I've often thought that the gauntlet of American politics is more individualistic, more expensive, more unpredictable than in many other democracies.