Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one...

Although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.

Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you

How does the saying go? When two locusts fight, it is always the crow that feasts.’Is that a Luo expression?’ I asked. Sayid’s face broke into a bashful smile. We have a similar expression in...

I believe a stronger sense of empathy would tilt the balance of our current politics in favor of those people who are struggling in this society. After all if they are like us, then their...

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been...

These are trips not initiated by me; these are trips that other people think will be helpful. For every invitation I’ve accepted, I’ve turned down 100.

People can sort of put it off, and it’s not confronting you day-to-day in an immediate sort of way. The consequence of inaction can be enormous, but I think it’s one of those issues where...

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, ‘Huh. It works. It makes sense.’

The Russian Federation only allows [international] departures from three airports in the country, not from Perm,

Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models.

Orang takkan pernah terlalu sibuk untuk memahami asalnya. –Nenek

The emotions between the races could never be pure; even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or...

I hope we realize that the people of New Orleans weren’t just abandoned during the hurricane, … They were abandoned long ago to murder and mayhem in the streets, to substandard schools, to dilapidated housing,...

All of the workers have masks on. Why don’t we? … This doesn’t breed a lot of confidence.

What I value most about Pastor Wright is not his day-to-day political advice. He’s much more of a sounding board for me to make sure that I am speaking as truthfully about what I believe...

The American story has never been about things coming easy. It has been about rising to the moment when the moment is hard. About rejecting panicked division for purposeful unity. About seeing a mountaintop from...

That’s just how white folks will do you. It wasn’t merely the cruelty involved; I was learning that black people could be mean and then some. It was a particular brand of arrogance, an obtuseness...

Let me tell your something. I’m from Chicago. I don’t break.

The fact that you have now questioned my sincerity … is regrettable but does not in any way diminish my deep respect for you nor my willingness to find a bipartisan solution to this problem.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money,...

Whoever was in charge of planning was so detached from the realities of inner city life in New Orleans … that they couldn’t conceive of the notion that they couldn’t load up their SUVs, put...

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

‎Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. In return,...

We say we value the legacy we leave the next generation and then saddle that generation with mountains of debt. We say we believe in equal opportunity but then stand idle while millions of American...

He’s basically a good man. But he doesn’t know me. Any more than he knew that girl that looked after your mother. He can’t know me, not the way I know him. Maybe some of...

There’s been this argument, somehow, that we can pay for (Hurricane) Katrina entirely by (spending) cuts, across-the-board cuts.

When it comes to issues of security against terrorist threats as well as against infectious diseases, these threats know no borders.

Americans… still believe in an America where anything’s possible – they just don’t think their leaders do.

In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, now you have these dispersed power centers, … They are clearly still working out the kinks.

But know this America: we will meet them

I had begun to see a new map of the world, one that was frightening in its simplicity, suffocating in its implications. We were always playing on the white man’s court, Ray had told me,...

A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.

We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.

It’s one thing when you’re reading about a nuclear site in a book. It’s another thing to be able to describe what I’ve seen, … You realize as a senator there are so many issues...

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.

I listened to a Republican colleague work himself into a lather over a proposed plan to provide school breakfasts to preschoolers. Such a plan, he insisted, would crush their spirit of self-reliance. I had to...

Maybe the critics are right. Maybe there’s no escaping our great political divide, an endless clash of armies, and any attempts to alter the rules of engagement are futile. Or maybe the trivialization of politics...

Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost; a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.

I think that given how closely divided the court is and given the magnitude of some of the decisions that will probably be coming down during the course of his tenure on the court that...

I think the bigger question is going to be ‘How do we provide longer term housing and employment opportunities?

It could have potentially that kind of effect.

And Illinoisans want a Senate candidate who will attack the problems they and their families face rather than spending time attacking each other. I invite him to join me in such a race.

At some fundamental level, religion does not allow for compromise. It insists on the impossible. If God has spoken, then followers are expected to live up to God’s edicts, regardless of the consequences. To base...

We must talk and reach for common understandings, precisely because all of us are imperfect and can never act with the certainty that God is on our side; and yet at times we must act...

We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.

You cannot deny that the influence of money and lobbying on this town has gotten progressively worse over the last several years.

With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.