Senator Lieberman has been just a real leader in terms of recognizing the dangers that this Nation faces.

In adversity lies opportunity.

Democracy is the worst form of government devised by wit of man except for all the rest.

If you do not keep reviewing the impact of government programs on people, then it could be that they are having too many unintended consequences.

The divisive forces... are making it harder to achieve compromise.

We would join together across party lines because we shared a goal, to try to solve a problem.

I hope you will work with Senator Nelson and Senator Thune and become co-sponsors of the resolution embracing the idea of a National Strategic Agenda.

It is a great privilege to be able to serve in these roles.

I would argue in America, and I think this is on a bipartisan basis, we have not leveled with the American public.

I have the best memories of the work we did across party lines to try to make government more efficient.

Securing Social Security and Medicare for the 75-year period is one of the national goals that the people of America told us they want us to deal with.

Ending up being a disincentive to work is just--an advancement going up--is just wrong.

Getting big things done in Washington has never been easy.

I really decided to get involved in No Labels as the best movement to try to deal with this.

I must say that I was surprised and encouraged by the fact that in this surveying done last year, that the public expressed its understanding of what the most urgent problems facing our country are and the ones that need to be solved.

I think that is a great list of ways to stimulate economic growth and job creation.

If we can agree on 60 percent of this bill before us... let us just set aside the 40 percent and let us do the 60 percent.

To get anything done, you really do have to go through the process that we are describing.

The successful problem solving process does not begin with compromise, but it will not end successfully unless people around the table are willing to compromise.

We have to lay out the reality of the situation. We have to tell the American people the truth.

it provides a rigorous process and a decisionmaking framework that could help the Congress do the work of and for the people.

This problem of sexual assault is something that persists in our military.

Too much has changed for the worse.

I think that we need to provide support to the Ukrainian government as they try to maintain a position--find their own way in Europe.

He has done so much. It is important to note that he spearheaded some developments during that period of time, particularly the removal of nuclear weapons from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus.