It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free.

The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But ending it is a greater moral imperative now than ever before, because for the first time humanity has the instruments at hand to defeat this cruel enemy at a very reasonable cost. We have the ability to provide food for all within the next three decades.

Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward. Come home to the belief that we can seek a newer world. And let us be joyful in the homecoming.

I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad.

I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.