A great democracy doesn't make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon.

Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.

We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration.

If you want to know where I come by the passionate commitment I have to bringing people together without regard to race, it all started with my grandfather.

Character is a journey, not a destination.

Elvis Presley was the first and the best. He is my favorite of all time.

On Earth Day I made a commitment to reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by the year 2000. And I asked for a blueprint on how to achieve this goal. In concert with all other nations, we simply must halt global warming. It is a threat to our health, to our ecology, and to our economy. I know that the precise magnitude and patterns of climate change cannot be fully predicted. But global warming clearly is a growing, long-term threat with profound consequences. And make no mistake about it, it will take decades to reverse.