I took the unprecedented step of asking that the State Department make all my work-related emails public for everyone to see.

As I speak to you today, government censors somewhere are working furiously to erase my words from the records of history. But history itself has already condemned these tactics.

As long as there are those who are willing to shed blood and take innocent life in the name of religion, the name of God, the world will never know a true and lasting peace.

We Democrats believe in an America where no matter who you are or where you come from, you should have an equal shot at success.

Never waste a good crisis.

Every call you make, every door you knock, every friend you register to vote could make the difference.

In every religion, there are those who would drape themselves in the mantle of belief and faith only to distort it's most sacred teachings - preaching intolerance and resorting to violence.