I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee.

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

I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. My dad was a Methodist minister. I went off to war. I have been married to the same woman forever. I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.

It's nice not to have to worry about constituents.

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

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

I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.