Harry Reid: “One courageous man, Ted Stevens, voted ``present,'' and then he gave a speech from his assigned seat in the Senate…”

Never in the history of the country, never in the history of the country have we produced more for a president and somebody that’s led his party than we’ve done together.

Get rid of the filibuster. It`s nothing. As Barack Obama said at John Lewis` funeral, it`s part of the leftovers from the days of slave owners. You have got to get rid of it. It`s very bad.

He has no regrets. He says he had to do it to save Obama’s presidency because of what the Republicans were doing to obstruct the president’s confirmation of judges and other legislative things.

I didn't make it in life because of my athletic prowess. I didn't make it because of my good looks. I didn't make it because I'm a genius. I made it because I worked hard.