Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.

I think that the Democrats can be successful nationally in the future if we are able to capture some of the complexity of people's lives right now.

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.

We know that ISIL and other terrorist groups are actively encouraging people, around the world and in our country, to commit terrible acts of violence, oftentimes as lone-wolf actors.

It was as if he had come to mistrust words somehow. Words, and the sentiments words carried.

We are not entitled to success we have to earn it

I'm especially grateful that they're here at a time when the rest of Ireland is focused on the final round of the Six Nations rugby tournament and the last match of the legendary Brian O'Driscoll.