America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists.

We're still fighting to make sure that basic anti-discrimination laws are enforced, not just at the federal level, by the way, but throughout government and throughout the private sector? And those are fights that we can win because - and this is where I do believe America has changed - the majority, not by any means 100 percent, but the majority of Americans believe in the idea of nondiscrimination.

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

I believe moderates will need to be driven out in order to usher in the progressive era.

American leadership is not simply a matter of going it alone and bearing all of the burden ourselves.

But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.

For we have always understood that when times change, so must we, that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges, that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.