I don't think most Americans understand that, for certain very wealthy people, our federal income tax system is a subsidy system that makes them richer.

What the champions of suffrage understood was that the vote is not just a symbol of our equality, but that it can be, if used, a guarantee of results.

I think science is real. And I think it's important that we grip this and deal with it, both at home and abroad.

I want to reassure our allies in Japan and South Korea and elsewhere that we have mutual defense treaties and we will honor them.

If left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security.

The government has no business in the decisions that women make with their families in accordance with their faith, with medical advice. And I will stand up for that right.

People are coming together - Democrats, Republicans, Independents - all of us to reject hate and division.