If someone had told me in 1963 that one day I would be in Congress, I would have said, 'You're crazy. You don't know what you're talking about.'

The lessons of nonviolence are universal. Not just for America.

We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.

The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.

The last thing we want is a monolithic viewpoint where six people are standing before a president saying the same thing over and over again.

Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse.

I happen to believe that this election year [2016] is...one of the most important elections that we're going to face in a very long time. I know we hear from time to time that every election is important. This one is very, very important.