A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, ‘Huh. It works. It makes sense.’

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.- Speech following Super Tuesday results, Feb 5, 2008.

I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.- In 2002 speech against Iraq War.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.