“Too many of us still believe our differences define us.”

“We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.”

“There's nothing wrong with a little agitation for what's right or what's fair.”

“Sensible people have got to work together.”

“We must be headlights and not taillights.”

“No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.”

“Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.”

“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.”