I must oppose the use of federal funds for a policy of killing infants.

For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.

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

At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

We went across the South on Super Tuesday without a single catcall or boo, without a single ugly sign. Not until we got to New York and the North did the litmus test of race and religion spout from the mouths of public officials.

You cannot have a diplomatic offensive without talking.

Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press.