For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas.

One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience.

Democracy fascinates me.

Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.

We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option.

For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas.