Because this is a country where everyone deserves the same freedom and opportunities to fulfill their dreams.

I reject discrimination against Muslim Americans - who are just as patriotic as we are.

The most expensive care we can give, we're giving those Americans without insurance. It's kind of stupid that we're fighting the notion that we want to quit paying a hidden tax and be up front about covering people in a way that is cost-effective.

The biggest deficit that we have in our society and in the world right now is an empathy deficit. We are in great need of people being able to stand in somebody else's shoes and see the world through their eyes.

I have fought against spending. I have fought against special interests. I have fought for reform.

We cannot have a society, in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the United States.

We are a people of improbable hope.