It's okay in this country to be sexist. It's certainly not okay to be racist.

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.

Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy.

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

Tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my father came to love.

The promise of our country is that the rules are fair. If you work hard and play by the rules, you can earn your share of America's blessings. Those are the beliefs I learned from my parents.

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.