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.

Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down.

So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.

This dogged, same track approach (by the NCI) is even more astonishing.

Reaganism is not only at odds with the Judeo-Christian heritage, it will not work.

For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much in taxes from Main Street, and Main Street has received too little in return. It is not necessary to centralize power in order to solve our problems.

We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost