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There is nothing more basic to our democracy than the right to participate in electing our political leaders.

George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters.

John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign.

The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.

Politics, they all - talked to the insiders.

Let's not pretend that all of a sudden, this is some new system.

The studies that show the reason Washington real estate is booming and there are so many lobbyists in town, it does pay.

The failure to invest in our public transportation and public life, I think, is a scandal and a shame, and it should be a national embarrassment.

If an abduction is reported, it is dealt with in the same way as a kidnap.

George Bush is trying to play it both ways.

Now Republicans are a more interventionist party than they have been at any time since George W. Bush left office.

You can't have someone with a pinkie out there at the U.N. or any other place.

The Democrats are standing on one side, and the Republicans are playing games on the other. Both sides are playing games.

Let's give the president some due.

[In politics] when A goes after B and there's a C, and D and a Q all lined up there, you have no idea who's going to be the beneficiary.

If Donald Trump does lose, being revealed as this bizarre personality, Ted Cruz is not going to be what Republicans are looking for in 2020.

Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command, save one, has stood with him.

I didn't realize the president was such an historian.

Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.

There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.

I think Guantanamo, has been synonymous with the staining of American values and American legal tradition.

You really have one bite at the apple.

Hillary Clinton has emphasized that she is afflicted with or possessed of the responsibility gene.

When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention.

Washington is a city of money. It's a flood of money.

John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush.

Health care, it's going to be political. It's going to be, let's say, the confluence of the politics and the messy implementation.

I'm a little nervous about public funding. It's better than what we got now.

Politics is a contact sport - a question of accepting an elbow or two.

As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.

He who speaks the truth must keep one foot in the stirrup.

Human trafficking is a human tragedy. It's an outrage against any decent people.

There is no tougher job in America than being a cop on the beat in a major city in this country, big and brawling.

John McCain was victimized in the South Carolina primary.

Iraq is in a civil war. There is no road in that country that is safe.

We have weakened the parties and strengthened all the special interests.