"I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times."

"When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take the same approach. …"

"Stronger than all the armies is an idea that's time has come. … The time has come for equality of opportunity in shar…"

"There are gentle men in whom gentility finally destroys whatever of iron there was in their souls. There are iron men…"

"We have been through this biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it a…"

"A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you're talking real money."

"Over the course of American history, a handful of U.S. senators have been so consequential that they are remembered b…"

"The attorney general said that you were very helpful and did an excellent job and that I ought to tell you that I adm…"

"You're worthy of the Land of Lincoln. And a man from Illinois is going to pass the bill, and I'll see that you get pr…"

"When Daniel Webster died more than a century ago, a man who differed strongly with him on many public issues rose in …"