Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides.

I believe with all my heart that one cannot be America's president without a belief in God, without the strength that your faith gives you.

Unlike Churchill, I have no plans to shape history. . . . Socrates gave advice

Competence is a narrow ideal. Competence makes the trains run on time but doesn't know where they're going.

A campaign is a disagreement, and disagreements divide. But an election is a decision, and decisions clear the way for harmony and peace. I mean to be president of all the people.

A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel.

If you have a plan, we want to hear it. Tell your community leaders, your local officials, your governor, and your team in Washington. Believe me, your ideas count. An individual can make a difference.