I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.

Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House.

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.

I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides.

Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs.

Most poor people are not on welfare. . . I know they work. I'm a witness. They catch the early bus. They work every day. They raise other people's children. They work every day. They clean the streets. They work every day. They drive vans with cabs. They work every day. They change beds you slept in these hotels last night and can't get a union contract. They work every day . . .