We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.

We are a religious nation because we do not have a state religion, because the government guarantees freedom of religion but has no role in religion, because not only do we tolerate our religious differences, we celebrate them.

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

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

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.

What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion.

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