LINCOLN CHAFEE

As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading.

In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

American education is still the wonder of the world, and we must open the schoolhouse doors, not close them.

Trust is built with consistency.

On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of mass destruction, the tax cuts that are now leading to deficits, I've got some deep issues with the president.

I was born in 1953, so that's the Eisenhower administration.

I remember my Republican Party as fiscally conservative, as caring about the environment.

Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations.

The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

Anger's not a good emotion.

Students of America, working families of America: President Obama will not turn his back on you.

Trust is built with consistency.

American education is still the wonder of the world, and we must open the schoolhouse doors, not close them.

The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.

A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.

Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win.

Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response to surging medical malpractice premiums that endanger Americans' access to quality medical care.

I was born in 1953, so that's the Eisenhower administration.

As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading.

President Obama knows that wars are not to be entered into lightly; he knows that overseas conflicts don't only do damage in the land in which they are fought, but in the land of those who fight them, as well.

On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of mass destruction, the tax cuts that are now leading to deficits, I've got some deep issues with the president.

I remember my Republican Party as fiscally conservative, as caring about the environment.

Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations.

I worry about 10, 15, 20, 25 years down the road. Where are we going to be in this age of nuclear weapons, where there is no margin for error?

America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal.

I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.

I do believe that 2016 is going to be a great year for Democrats... because we are right on the key issues.

Any political historian can give innumerable examples of one percenters who have gone on to success, maybe even Bill Clinton himself?

Certainly the Republican Party changed and I never changed, as I became an independent my values never changed whether it's on fiscal responsibility, environment or using government tools to help the less fortunate.

Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric.