I could say, as a member of Congress, we usually get an alert if something is going to happen at the Capitol.

Going through the legislative process is always better, in part because it's harder to undo.

[The generation engaged, inspired, worked for change] that generation, it's coming. They're not the majority yet but they're gonna be the majority soon.

Reverend Wright has been my friend and mentor for over 20 years.

Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin.

When all Americans are treated as equal we are all more free.

Here at home, we will strengthen our defenses but not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans, because great and proud nations don't hunker down and hide behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.