I cannot prevent him from continuing to make these outrageous remarks. But what I do want him to be very clear about, as well as all of you and the American people, is that, when I say I find these comments appalling, I mean it.

I want to be very clear that, moving forward, Reverend Wright does not speak for me. He does not speak for our campaign.

And, so, you want to know who I am? You want to know what's in me? It's a love for this country that made my life possible.

There's been great damage. You know, it may have been unintentional on his part but, you know, I do not see that relationship being the same after this.

If what somebody says contradicts what you believe so fundamentally, and then he questions whether or not you believe it in front of the National Press Club, then that's enough.

When I say I find these comments appalling, I mean it. It contradicts everything that I'm about and who I am.

I want to make absolutely clear that I do not subscribe to the views that he expressed. I believe they are wrong. I think they are destructive. And to the extent that he continues to speak out, I do not expect those views to be attributed…

After seeing Reverend Wright's performance, I felt as if there was a complete disregard for what the American people are going through.

It is a love for this country that made my life possible. It is a belief in the American dream. That's why I'm in this race.

His comments were not only divisive and destructive, but I believe that they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate.

And so when I start hearing comments about conspiracy theories and AIDS and suggestions that somehow Minister Farrakhan has been a great voice in the 20th century, then that goes directly at who I am and what I believe this country needs.

When I say I find these comments appalling I mean it. It contradicts everything that I'm about; and who I am.

I do not see that relationship being the same after this.

I've known Reverend Wright for almost 20 years. The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years ago.

Reverend Wright does not speak for me; he does not speak for our campaign.

I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spectacle that we saw yesterday.

What I think particularly angered me was his suggestion, somehow, that my previous denunciation of his remarks were somehow political posturing.

He doesn't know me very well. And based on his remarks yesterday, well I may not know him as well as I thought either.