"The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat"

"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"

"They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men"

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money"

"A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism"

"The war being fought in Afghanistan and Iraq is bringing about a fundamental change to the environment that has given rise and power to the extremists who export terrorism"

"While there's been much progress on terrorism, there's still much work to do and it is very important that the countries work together in order to address this threat together"

"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses"

"I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress"

"Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society"

"The key battleground in the war on terrorism, therefore, is in the minds of the American public"