Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.

This will arguably be the third great revolution of America, if we can prove that we literally can live without having a dominant European culture.

A man is more than the sum of all the things he can do.

My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.

Nearly everyone will lie to you, given the right circumstances.

Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.

We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in Nigeria.