Bill Bradley

I'm somebody who has to physically experience an environment in order to know it as well as I would like to know it. I recognize this is impressionistic, not scientific. People say, 'You sound like Walt Whitman.' Well, I'll take that comparison. ”

The U.S. actions in Kosovo - carving out an independent state based on ethnicity from within a sovereign nation - provided the precedent for Russia to carve Crimea out of Ukraine. ”

Princeton ignited my intellectual curiosity and introduced me to a new social world. It... challenged me on the most fundamental levels imaginable. It was where I became a man. ”

Legislating is a very human experience in which trust and mutual respect play critical roles. ”

Over the years, the tax code has become a vehicle for political favoritism and social engineering. ”

The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices. ”

By the time I was 14, I had become self-motivated. Whatever raced inside me was more demanding than any pressure applied by parents or teachers. ”

Whenever Congress undertakes large-scale reform, there are times when disaster appears certain - only to be averted at the last minute by the good sense of its sometimes unfairly maligned members. ”

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved. ”

Democrats must rally behind a low-rate, broad-based tax system that is fair, simple and efficient. ”