Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

We cannot meet 21st Century challenges with a 20th Century bureaucracy.

Alongside my own deep personal faith, I am a follower, as well, of our civic religion. I am a big believer in the separation of church and state.

Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are. The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions.

If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.

I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with [the president] trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that's what I intend to reverse when I'm President of the United States of America.

Change is never easy, but always possible.