And this is the time. It is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what is noble and just in human affairs. It is the time to live more with faith and less with fear- with an abiding confidence that can sweep away the strongest barriers between us and teach us that we truly are brothers and sisters.

I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program.

My dad was a Methodist minister.

Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner.

As an American, I want our forces to prevail.

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

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'