The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction, are no different. They have nearly destroyed us in the past. They plague us still. They fuel the fanaticism of terror. They torment the lives of millions in fractured nations around the world. These obsessions cripple both those who are hated and, of course, those who hate, robbing both of what they might become.

I refuse to be part of a generation that celebrates the death of communism abroad with the loss of the American dream at home.

We must work tirelessly to make sure that every boy and girl in America who is up for adoption has a family waiting to reach him or her...This is a season of miracles, and perhaps there is no greater miracle than finding a loving home for a child who needs one.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

You live in a country that makes it harder to raise children than any other country in the world. You vote for me and I'll give you family values.

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.

I take full responsability...for what we did. It was the right thing to do.