You've got to be willing to work, and if you're willing to work, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead.

Yet again, the family of a young black man is grieving a life cut short. Yet again, the streets of an American city are marred by violence. What we have seen in Baltimore should, indeed I think does, tear at our soul.

I think that the coalition that President [Barack] Obama put together to win twice is a coalition that I can put together and add to.

We need a return to transparency and a system of checks and balances, to a president who respects Congress' role of oversight and accountability.

On some campuses, change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means.

Under our Constitution, presidents have something called 'veto power.

Let's learn from the wisdom of every mother and father who teaches their daughters there is no limit on how big she can dream and how much she can achieve.