The trade agreement itself does have labor and environmental protections, but we have to stand for human rights and we have to make sure that violence isn't being perpetrated against workers who are just trying to organize for their rights.

The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person.

You can question somebody's views and their judgment without questioning their motives or patriotism.

To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.

I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing -- even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy-efficien cy and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future -- because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. And America must be that nation.

Filibuster has long tradition, but used to harm civil rights.

Sometimes slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.