Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune.

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.

I will stand with Israel if they are attacked.

Two-thirds of Americans believe that, after a baby's heart is beating and they can feel pain, that they need some protection.

As I reflect back on what's worked for me in this [presidential] office it's been that I've gotten people who maybe didn't believe in the process to get engaged. Ironically, I've even gotten the other side that maybe didn't believe in the process to get engaged.

The terrorists do not speak for over a billion Muslims who reject their hateful ideology.

This book [Dreams from My Father] was more of a reflection on my public life, now as a U.S. senator and before that as a state senator; how my perspectives around the issues of the day are shaped by my background.