Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.

We are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation.

We think about the enormous costs of homelessness, or the enormous cost of HIV/AIDS, over the long term, as people visit emergency rooms, etc. The more we are investing in that ounce of prevention the better off we're going to be.

My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher taxes.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

[T]hese tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are also the tax cuts that are least likely to promote growth.

I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.