The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

And above all, above all, honest work must be rewarded by a fair and just tax system. The tax system today does not reward hard work: it penalizes it. Inherited or invested wealth frequently multiplies itself while paying no taxes at all. But wages on the assembly line or in farming the land, these hard-earned dollars are taxed to the very last penny.

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

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

At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early.

It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight in that war.

Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.