Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.

It is all too easy for a society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must remain the question: What kind of life is one society providing to the people that live in it?

If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.

The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.

What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.

And it is to these rights - the right of law and order, the right of life, the right of liberty, the right of a job, the right of a home in a decent neighborhood, and the right to an education - it is to these rights that I pledge my life and whatever capacity and ability I have.