I think the question hit the nail on the head.

I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them -- which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration -- is ridiculous.

When are we going to stand up and do something about this? We have talked about it too long. We have got to stand up to the insurance companies and the drug companies that Barack just spoke about.

I believe in the core decency of the American people, and I think they want to get beyond some of our racial divisions.

If children feel as if the fact that they have a different surname or they have got a different skin color is not going to impede their dreams, then I am absolutely confident that we're going to be able to move forward on the challenges…

The fact is I don't take PAC money and I don't take lobbyist money and the bundlers, the reason you know who is raising money for me, Mike, is because I helped push through a law this past session to disclose that.

The time for us to ask how we were going to get out of Iraq was before we went in.

At this point, I think we can be as careful getting out as we were careless getting in. But we have to send a clear message to the Iraqi government, as well as to the surrounding neighbors, that there is no military solution to the…

We want an end to this war. And we want diplomacy and peace. Not only can we save the environment; we can create jobs and opportunity. We're tired of fear. We're tired of division. We want something new. We want to turn the page.

That's not just a Latino problem or an African-American problem; that is an American problem that we have to solve.

I have a universal health care plan that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premiums by up to $2500 a year.

It will take all of us to stand up to a drug and insurance industry that spent $1 billion in lobbying to block health care reform.