People have a right to know what is in the food they are eating, and that the food is safe.

Republican leaders have made clear they have no plans to use the power of government to stimulate the economy, invest in job creation and spur job growth. The Fed's plan is to give banks more money to finance the private sector job creation. But banks have ample cash now; they aren't lending, and the private sector is not creating the jobs. That is why we have 15 million people unemployed.

You can blow the world to pieces, but you can't blow the world to peace.

Fear is a weapon of mass destruction.

I am for police function that protects citizens of this great Nation, not a police function that is used to terrorize them.

I believe health care is a civil right.

I think we're in a new era where the advancing tide is towards human unity, where people all around the world want to come together. The United States is in a position where it can lead the way towards that and it can do it in practical ways by affirming the power of the United Nations so that the international process makes decisions on international security.