If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.

In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more.

We must have an economy that does not force the migrant worker's child to miss school in order to earn...just so the family can eat. That is the moral bankruptcy that trickle-down economics is all about.

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

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.

The arts, instead of quaking along the periphery of our policy concerns, must push boldly into the core of policy. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature and help to shape our identity. The arts are not a frill and should not be treated as such. They have the potential to become the driving force for healing division and divisiveness.