The students at Yale came from all different backgrounds and all parts of the country. Within months, I knew many of them.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

A failed Iraq would make America less secure.

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

I don't make any apologies for what I do on the campaign trail.

There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state and at the same time accomplish the social objective of having America become a hopeful place and loving place.

Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel.