I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow.

The Islamic community today is faced with a new version of an old struggle. My late mother used to say it doesn't matter whether you came to this country on the Mayflower or on a slave ship, through Ellis Island or the Rio Grande. We're all in the same boat now.

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.

The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote.

I want to rebuild America.

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

If I lose, I'm going to retire from politics, practice law, and wear bright leather pants.