I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need.

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

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

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.

Truly, the challenges we face are not Democratic challenges or Republican challenges. In fact, they are not political challenges at all; they are fiscal challenges, and educational challenges, and the challenges of figuring out how to take care of each other...

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

If we want unity, we must all be unifiers. If we want accountability, each of us must be accountable for all we do.