Have faith in yourself and in the future.

I favor access to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Sometimes a party must sail against the wind. We cannot heed the call of those who say it is time to furl the sail. The party that tore itself apart over Vietnam in the 1960s cannot afford to tear itself apart today over budget cuts in basic social programs.

I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.

I think a child calling for his mother is the most beautiful sound in the world.

People of faith should not invoke the power of the state to decide what everyone can believe or think or read or do. In such cases, like abortion or prayer or prohibition or sexual identity, the proper role of religion is to appeal to the free conscience of each person, not the coercive rule of secular law.

As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stated, even a state of war is not a blank check for a president to do whatever he wants.