War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

Our nation's continued prosperity hinges on our ability to solve environmental problems and sustain the natural resources on which we all depend.

The political tactics of division and slander are not our values. They are corrupting influences on religion and politics, and those who practice them in the name of religion or in the name of the Republican Party or in the name of America shame our faith, our party and our country.

We need more competitive races, ... We need the voice of moderation.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

I think I am becoming incapable of being too surprised. But it just makes me sad and sick.

[I find it] impossible [to imagine] that a nation which is grounded in Judaeo-Christian principles would somehow select someone [for President] who would repudiate those principles.