“I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should...” — Ben Nighthorse Campbell Quote

“I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any minority by amending the Constitution.”

“The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not related to his office. But the costs of that defense should be borne by him and not the taxpayer.”

“And it sends an important message to me, because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me, in landslide proportions, and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good.”

“Indians were here first - it's about time. We're way behind the African Americans and Hispanic Americans in getting politically involved, but we're beginning to take a page out of their notebook.”

“The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.”

“While men's rights are guaranteed by specific language in the Constitution, women's equal rights aren't mentioned.”

“When you start messing with the Constitution and what this country was founded on - our baseline is what we call it - it just opens up too many doors.”

“The Constitution makes very clear what the obligation of the United States Senate is and what the obligation of the president of the United States is. To allow a Supreme Court position to remain vacant for well over a year cuts against what I think the intentions of the framers are and what the traditions of the Senate and the executive are.”

“It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been able to read the Constitution and do what it says.”