"But if you - if what - the reports are true, what they're saying is, is that as a consequence of us getting 30 million additional people health care, at the margins that's going to increase our costs, we knew that."

"I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying."

"Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference."

"It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today."

"Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed."

"It is a enduring truth that the moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain."

"It is a profound truth that strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground."

"Wikipedia flourished partly because it was a shrine to altruism."