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

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

Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits.

Judges are appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. And it is our duty to ask questions on great issues that matter to the American people and to speak for them.

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

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.

One question we must consider today is how we can take action to unify our nation, heal racial division, end poverty and give real-life meaning to the constitutional mandate that there be equal protection under law.