[American Citizenship] captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations

In a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people. Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country alarmed at one common danger came forth to meet it.

The first thing I would do would be to move forward with an agenda to make sure that we give D.C. the opportunity to elect its own representatives and have some political power on Capitol Hill.

Unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels... we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe

Libraries remind us that truth isn't about who yells the loudest but who has the right information.

The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.

Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger. We were strangers once, too.