“America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.”

“America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.”

“Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.”

“I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness.”

“From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence.”

“America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.”

“We are a continuum. Just as we reach back to our ancestors for our fundamental values, so we, as guardians of that legacy, must reach ahead to our children and their children. And we do so with a sense of sacredness in that reaching.”

“I came from a disadvantaged home. They were Republicans.”