I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are ... Not this time. Not now.

That's what the leadership was teaching me, day by day: that the self-interest I was supposed to be looking for extended well beyond the immediacy of issues, that beneath the small talk and sketchy biographies and received opinions, people carried with them some central explanation of themselves. Stories full of terror and wonder, studded with events that still haunted or inspired them. Sacred stories.

His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon.

Justice needs to be served, what I think people of Baltimore want more than anything else is the truth. That's what people around the country expect.

Heaven forbid we've got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or apprehended someone who is engaged in dangerous activity, but we didn't do so simply because of inaction in the Senate.

I reject discrimination against Muslim Americans - who are just as patriotic as we are.

Donald Trump is somebody who I think likes to mix it up and to have a vigorous debate.