There are those who would keep us slipping back into the darkness of division, into the snake pit of racial hatred, of racial antagonism and of support for symbols of the struggle to keep African-Americans in bondage.

Im committed to universal health coverage and education.

We have gone into a war, an unelected president sending us into a war that the Congress frankly had no right, I believe, to authorize.

I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field. To me, that means making certain that the fight to preserve our civil liberties is waged, making certain the fight against discrimination is waged, making certain that women have opportunity in this country.

Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that?

Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.

It's hard to be the first. It's almost as if I'm subject to a different level of inspection.