Do dirt, get dirt. So I treat people with the same respect that I want.

So I really would like to see both parties respond to the poor with greater commitment. But I've got to tell you, the Democrats, I feel, are doing a better job in that respect than Republicans are.

Awe and respect are two different things.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself - I think most respect me.