I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and I have such strong feelings about what must be done.

People are selfish. But they can also be compassionate and generous, and they care about the country. But not when they feel threatened. That’s why this is such a crucial time. We can go in either direction. But if we don’t make a choice soon, it will be too late to turn things around. I think people are willing to make the right choice. But they need leadership. They’re hungry for leadership.

Victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are most important of all, human beings whom other human beings loved and needed.

Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.

Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.

All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.