I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down.

I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is the land where dreams can come true for all of us.

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

I should have had a circuitous answer; that was a non-answer.

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.

If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know.

And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.