If I did not love America, I wouldn't have moved here from Kenya.

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

The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit.

The surest path to success is to surround yourself with brilliant women

We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before.

Islam has always been part of America

Where we get into problems, typically, is when our personal religious faith, or the community of faith that we participate in, tips into a sort of fundamentalist extremism, in which it's not enough for us to believe what we believe, but we start feeling obligated to, you know, hit you over the head because you don't believe the same thing. Or to treat you as somebody who's less than I am.