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

Babies aren't born knowing differences in color, gender, religions. They're taught those things. They're taught them at home. They're taught in the schools. They're taught in the churches. They're taught in the mosques, in the synagogues.

National campaigns are tough. Yes, you have to be prepared to be attacked, and I have to tell you, if you get elected, you have to also be prepared.

I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say.

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

I knew what leukemia and lymphoma were, but I had never heard of multiple myeloma.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.