I’m asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington...I’m asking you to believe in yours.

Each path to knowledge involves different rules and these rules are not interchangeable.

So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.

We stand with women by fighting for economic security, protecting access to health care and supporting women's leadership across the country

As we look forward to the New Year, let's resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.

We are not at war against Islam.

The emotions between the races could never be pure; even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or salvation, the other race would always remain just that: menacing, alien, and apart.