No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there's no future in riots.

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.

It does not stand to give banks millions of dollars at an interest rate of one percent, when banks charge students an interest rate of 6 percent. Why should the banks be scalping students?

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

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.

It is crucial to have inspiring leaders who deliver on their promises. Cynicism has run deep, because many people think their vote does not matter or do vote and nothing happens.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.