You have to be involved during midterm elections, you have to care about what happens at a school board level.

Islam has always been a part of America’s story.... And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States.

It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.

Politics in this country [USA] is always tough. It's always contentious, because this is a big country and a diverse country, and people have strong points of view, and we've got a great diversity of interests.

Many of our ideas of democracy, so much of our literature and philosophy and science can be traced back to roots right here in Athens.

I think we need missile defense. But I want to make sure it works, that it's cost effective, that the technologies are operable, that it's our best possible strategy, and that hasn't been shown.

I face the world as it is and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake, evil does exist in the world.