I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic values, and for many of us, our religious values.

We have got some mountains to move. Three billion people - half of God's children - are living on less than $2 a day.

I think it's a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu did that in South Africa. Martin Luther King Jr. did that here. This is a good thing.

I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic values, and for many of us, our religious values.

The failure of political leaders to help uplift the poor will be judged a moral failure.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

To dig our heels in and say no to a present madness is a good thing, but to walk a new path and say yes is a better thing.