What we believe in is what works.

True Excellence requires a worthy dream, a good Idea of how to realize it and the courage to risk failure to achieve it.

You don't have to wait till your party's in power to have an impact on life at home and around the world.

Two-thirds of the Iranian people would like to be reconciled with the West. They don't like the fanaticism of the governing religious council. It's the only place in the world where the last six elections have been won by the more progressive candidate, two for president, two for the mayors, two for the parliament. So most people there are sympathetic to the world we Americans want to build, whether we're Republicans or Democrats. On the other hand, almost everybody there wants them to have nuclear power. They see it as a status symbol, and a sense of their own security.

History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation.

The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime.

We Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. We think "we're all in this together" is a better philosophy than "you're on your own."