Edward M. Kennedy: “ours, Massachusetts, John Adams drafted our Constitution in Massachusetts and made it very specific with regards…”

What we face is, above all, a moral issue that at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country.

This shouldn't be, Anderson, this should not be a partisan issue. The rights of people with disabilities. I mean, come on. And yet, it has been politicized, unfortunately.

I have come here tonight to stand with you, to change America, to restore its future, to rise to our best ideals, and to elect Barack Obama president of the United States.

We believe that immigrants, like women and African Americans before them, have rights in this country, and the time is ripe for a new civil rights moment.