Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this country welcomed them in and taught them that to be an American is about something more than what we look like, or what our last names are, or how we worship.

Even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we didn't even know we had, and we carry on; we finish the race.

No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

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

If you ask the average person they'd tell ya, "Naw, it's much more dangerous," despite the fact that violent crime has dropped precipitously.

I don't presume to have knowledge of what happens after I die. But I feel very strongly that whether the reward is in the here and now or in the hereafter, the aligning myself to my faith and my values is a good thing.

Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.