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

A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.

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

I didn't know a damned thing about mental illness and neither did anyone around me.

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.

Every program that ever helped working people, from rural electrification to Medicare, was enacted by liberals over the opposition of conservatives. When people tell me they don't like liberals, I ask, "Do you like Social Security? If so, then shut up!"

The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But ending it is a greater moral imperative now than ever before, because for the first time humanity has the instruments at hand to defeat this cruel enemy at a very reasonable cost. We have the ability to provide food for all within the next three decades.