What we have to be judged by is the work we try to do. It's public service, not perfect service.

We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain.

The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.

Let nothing and nobody break your spirit. Let the unity in the community remain intact.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed.

If the right wing has their way and state's rights control voting rights, they would remove protections that make it difficult for seniors to vote. It would be harder for students to vote on campus. These are attempts to suppress acts of voting.