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

And whatever our faith - whatever our faith, one belief should bind us all: The measure of our character is our willingness to give of ourselves for others and for our country.

The fact is that you literally, by definition, cannot have a Jewish state and a democratic state and have a whole bunch of Palestinians in it who are living under military rule while the rest of the country is living under civil rule, and they have different rights and different - it's just not a democracy.

The measurement in this race is not where you come from, it is "what do you fight for."

It's hard to say that something is legitimate when a whole portion of the country can't vote and doesn't vote.

If we don't go far enough fast enough, the damage we inflict could take centuries to undo - if it can be undone at all.

We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.