We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great.

Parents who have fought fiercely for the rights of their much-loved Gay and Lesbian children should not have to worry that their children will be treated differently. As a mother, I can tell you that there is no prouder moment than watching your children grow up, fall in love, and commit to that love in front of their families and friends. I want that same joy for every parent and every child.

We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.

It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it.

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

I will never be able to create a budget from scratch with the amount of time that I have, but my instructions remain the same: Give me a budget that has no new revenue.

There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.