There is a middle class in America for only one reason: organized labor. If not for organized labor, where would you find a job where you had some sense that you had a shot of leaving behind something better than you inherited?.

In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.

It(Boston Bombings) was worth it to hear you(survivor speakers) speak.

My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University.

The reason I'm a Democrat is because the essence of the Democratic Party is an abhorrence for the abuse of power on the one hand, and the notion that everyone's entitled to be treated with dignity. That message never got through.

I was in sit-ins to desegregate restaurants and movie houses in the '60s.

Well, we're [USA] not looking for an ally; what we're looking for is a stable, democratic government that is not beholden to anyone in the region and is able to be secure within its own borders and have its own policy.