Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations.

American can do better, and help is on the way.

The Russians need to understand that you cannot have peace [in Syria] unless you resolve the question of Sunni buy-in.

We are a nation of laws and liberties, not of a knock in the night. So it is time to end the era of John Ashcroft. That starts with replacing the Patriot Act with a new law that protects our people and our liberties at the same time.

Gender based violence anywhere is a threat to peace and security everywhere.

You don't value families if you force them to take up a collection to buy body armor for a son or daughter in the service.