"Well, that day is gone, and it will not occur again."

"'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms."

"Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts."

"For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities."

"It is my hope that the number of stem cell lines available for federally-funded research will be expanded so that the government can continue to participate in this vital research and provide hope to the millions of Americans with diseases that might be cured."

"Survival is nothing more than recovery."

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play it better than anyone else."

"Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it."

"Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security."

"Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe."

"Women have begun to see that if I go through that doorway, I take everybody through it."

"Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want."