No one who works for a living should live in poverty.
For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.
Health care is not just another commodity. It is not a gift to be rationed based on the ability to pay. It is time to make universal health insurance a national priority, so that the basic right to health care can finally become a reality for every American.
The core values of our constitution are at the heart of our nation’s progress.
Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?
What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.
Frankly, I don’t mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.
Supreme Court nominations are an occasion to pause and reflect on the values that make our nation strong, just and fair. And we must determine whether a nominee has a demonstrated commitment to those basic values.
Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.
It’s disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act.
Will a nominee embrace and uphold the essential meaning of the four words inscribed above the entrance of the Supreme Court building: Equal justice under law?
Justice Lewis Powell spoke for all of us when he said: Equal justice under law is perhaps the most inspiring idea of our society. It is one of the ends for which our entire legal system exists.
My brother need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.
If you persevere, stick with it, wok at it, you have a real opportunity to achieve. If you do your best and keep a true compass, you’ll get there.
Don’t sacrifice your political convictions for the convenience of the hour.
As we have seen from Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s example, even one justice can profoundly alter the meaning of those words for our citizens. Even one justice can deeply affect the rights and liberties of the American people.
Under the Bush administration, openness and accountability have been replaced by secrecy and evasion of responsibility. They abuse their power, conceal their actions from the American people, and refuse to hold officials accountable.
I hope for an America where the power of faith will always burn brightly, but where no modern inquisition of any kind will ever light the fires of fear, coercion, or angry division.