I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.'

We can certainly defuse the intensity of the anti-immigrant feeling if we can bring some reality to the discussion by showing that they are not using that many resources.

It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.

The majority of the American people still believe that every single individual in this country is entitled to just as much respect, just as much dignity, as every other individual.

I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.