"Unless I get something real good for [Senate Candidate 1], shit, I'll just fuck myself, you know what I'm saying."

"I'm going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain. Y…"

"I've got this thing and it's fucking golden, and, uh, uh, I'm just not giving it up for fuckin' nothing. I'm not gonn…"

"By the way, I should say, if anyone wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it. I appreciate …"

"I'll do anything, legal and ethical and honest."

"Governor Blagojevich has been arrested in the middle of what we can only describe as a political corruption crime spr…"

"Nobody could work a room like Rod—nobody."

"Individual rights have been recognized by our jurisprudence only after long and costly struggles. They should not be …"

"Common sense and justice dictate that a citizen accused of a crime should have the fullest hearing possible, plus the…"

"Experience demonstrates that in time of war individual liberties cannot always be entrusted safely to uncontrolled ad…"