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

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

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.

Our individual salvation depends on collective salvation.

The world doesn't just revolve around you.

Take some risks in your life.

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.

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

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.

There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit.

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.

... is not serving the president well. And, it seems to me, out of loyalty to the president, that he should resign.

I was disappointed.

From the Ph.D. to the landscaper, there's a chance for you to you to participate in the American dream on our terms, a way that will make this country better.

Nothing is off the table.

I think John McCain won that part of the debate by categorically being against torture, and standing up for what used to be a real moral ground of the -- of the Republican Party.

As Dan Simon mentioned earlier, presidential candidate John McCain once called Jerry Falwell an agent of intolerance or at least referred to what we think was Jerry Falwell as that. Senator McCain is singing a different tune now.