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" Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand. "

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" My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.' "

" I read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what? "

" I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them. "

" Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process. "

" I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.' "

" Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either. "

" The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition. "

" When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a hard day's work. When we're not rewarding work actively, there's something wrong with the system. "

" The war on terror is the war in Afghanistan. "

" I love having the support of my caucus. We have a good working relationship. "

" I don't know that anybody has walked up to me in the street or in a store or in the grocery and said to me, 'I hope you bomb Assad.' Certainly plenty have said, 'No; thumbs down, thumbs down, thumbs down.' "

" When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!' "

" We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility. "

" Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do. "

" America must be a light to the world, not just a missile. "

" What the Republicans have said is rather than touch one hair on the heads of the wealthiest people in our country, people who make over $1 million a year, they're saying, 'Seniors should pay $6,000 more dollars a year. But please don't let us ask the wealthiest to do their fair share.' "

" My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore. "

" Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs. "

" I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA. "

" Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong. "

" I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less. "

" I never dread going back to Congress. "

" We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us. "

" I was pampered in the fact that I had five older brothers, which I highly recommend to anyone. "

" As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country. "

" Social Security has never failed to pay promised benefits, and Democrats will fight to make sure that Republicans do not turn a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble. "

" But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy. "

" I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.' "

" Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice. "

" The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix. "