For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.

[America] will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace.

I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

You work with what you got.

But I'm here to say that when we do speak out, we're going to do so because the United States of America does believe, and will always stand for, a certain set of universal values.

For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.

There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us."