The fact is, is that I opposed this war from the start. So you're about four-and-a-half years late on leadership on this issue.

So, you're about four-and-a-half years late on leadership on this issue.

Probably what we're going to be doing is more off the record steps that aren't scheduled, so that I can just hop into a diner and sit down at the counter and start having conversations.

The Illinois senator wants universal health care, largely paid for by the government and employers.

It is time to bring this war to a close.

I just introduced this bill on nonproliferation on nuclear weapons that are out there, loose nukes in former Soviet territories. I was working with my Republican colleague, Dick Lugar, to introduce this bill. I was excited about it.

America will continue its journey towards that distant horizon, and a better day.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition.

If we're willing to shoulder each other's burdens, to take great risks, and to persevere through trial, America will continue its journey towards that distant horizon, and a better day.

The real test is not whether you avoid failure, but whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.

Take some risks in your life.

In the face of impossible odds, ordinary people can do extraordinary things.

The world doesn't just revolve around you.

It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential.

Maturity does not come from any one occasion - it emerges as a quality of character.

At a time when America finds itself at a crossroads, facing challenges we haven't seen in decades, we need to hold on to this idea more than ever.

Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.

Our individual salvation depends on collective salvation.