Nobody thinks that Obamacare is perfect. It has its problems.

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've said it in the past and I'll say it again today: the vote is precious; it's almost sacred.

You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.

If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

I think it is a must for young people and generations yet to come, to understand, to feel, to touch, to almost smell the drama of what happened a few short years ago [the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s]. So maybe, just maybe, we will never ever repeat this unbelievable time in our history. We have to tell it all, and make it plain, and make it clear, so people will never ever forget the distance we have come, and the progress we have yet to make.

When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful, too optimistic, but you have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.