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.

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

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

I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.

It's nice not to have to worry about constituents, now, I simply do what I want.

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.