The demand of our people in 1980 is not for smaller government or bigger government but for better government.

The great adventures which our opponents offer is a voyage into the past. Progress is our heritage, not theirs. What is right for us as Democrats is also the right way for Democrats to win.

Through periodic increases over the next three decades under Democratic and Republican administrations alike, the nation achieved one of the fundamental goals of a just society, which is that no one who works for a living should have to live in poverty.

We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.

Justice Lewis Powell spoke for all of us when he said: Equal justice under law is perhaps the most inspiring idea of our society. It is one of the ends for which our entire legal system exists.

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.