Some leaders are born women.

I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.

By choosing a woman to run for your nation's second highest office, you send a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock. We will place no limits on achievement.

People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.

Such a strange thing. What was terrible for a healthy fetus has been wonderful at defeating the cancer cells.

But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.

Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president who tells us what America is fighting for, not just what we are fighting against. We want a president who will defend human rights - not just where it is convenient - but wherever freedom is at risk - from Chile to Afghanistan, from Poland to South Africa