Arne Duncan is done more to bring our educational system, sometimes kicking and screaming, into the 21st century than anyone else.

The silence killed your faith.

[The Americans] believe in the idea that a child shouldn't be consigned to poverty just because of circumstances of their birth.

Iran won't pursue nuclear weapons because 'it's contrary to their faith.'

Ultimately, I remain optimistic about not just America's future, but the direction that the world is growing.

Nobody really thinks that Bush or McCain have a real answer for the challenges we face, so what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, he's not patriotic enough. He's got a funny name. You know, he doesn't look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills, you know. He's risky.

On September 11th, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand and we offered the wounded our blood. We reaffirmed our ties to each other and our love of community and country. On that day, no matter where we came from, what God we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family.