In the same way we have a long-term plan for building roads, we have to have a long term plan to build transit.

Social justice is what drives me; it's why I'm here.

In every election homophobia has been part of the landscape and in every campaign I've been able to become connected enough to my constituents that they know who I am and that I can be elected on my merits.

I have no intention of disowning my record as a member of the McGuinty government.

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

The threat of gold redeemability imposes a constant check and limit on inflationary issues of government paper. If the government can remove the threat, it can expand and inflate without cease. And so it begins to emit propaganda, trying to persuade the public not to use gold coins in their daily lives.

From my quarter-a-century experience as a fighter for democracy, there is never a final victory for democracy. It is always a struggle in every generation, and you have to take up the course of time and time again.