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...

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

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

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

I’ve got daughters. Nine years old and six years old. First of all, I’m gonna teach them about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don’t want them PUNISHED with a baby.

I would like to see him (Bush) reach out to a broader circle of leadership in the African-American community and indicate that what he saw woke him up,

Instead of having a set of policies that are equipping people for the globalization of the economy, we have policies that are accelerating the most destructive trends of the global economy.

This budget tells our veterans that if they want increased funding for the VA they’ll have to pay for it themselves.

What Washington needs is adult supervision.

nasionalisme terurai dalam sikap belaka dan bukan program konkret, setumpuk keluhan dan bukan kekuatan yang terorganisasi, gambar dan bunyi yang memadati gelombang udara dan percakapan, namun tanpa perwujudan jasadi.

I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent or overly practiced. I have the urge to cut the book by fifty...

Conservatives may be right when they argue that the government should not try to determine executive pay packages. But conservatives should at least be willing to speak out against unseemly behavior in corporate boardrooms with...

And then, on September 11, the world fractured.It’s beyond my skill as a writer to capture that day and the days that would follow–the planes, like specters, vanishing into steel and glass; the slow-motion cascade...

Some of that means that in your public statements, … you end up trafficking in public platitudes more than you’d want to do at home.

What people want to know is who has a set of concrete plans to help them send their kids to college, or save for retirement.

John Kerry believes in America.

we are a couple of U.S. senators.

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and...

To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is...

I’ve been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

But they sense … that with just a change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, … They know we can do better. And they...

Mr. Bennett should immediately apologize to the nation for making a statement that clearly crossed the line.

Issues are never simple. One thing I’m proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America – there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America –...

What I’ve realized is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re willing to do your small part to leave our children — all of our children — a better world. Any fool can have...

Over the last fifteen months we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been to fifty-seven states. I think, one left to go.

Kita menganggap keimanan sebagai sumber kenyamanan dan pemahaman, tetapi mendapati ekspresi kita akan hal itu justru menyebarkan perpecahan. Kita percaya, diri kita adalah orang-orang yang toleran meskipun berbagai ketegangan rasial, agama, dan kultural mencemari lanskap...

I didn’t see the weapons of mass destruction at the time, I didn’t think there was an imminent threat from Saddam Hussein.

I think that the entire country felt shame about what had happened,

What’s your name, sweetie? You look so pretty, … You made this heart and you decided to give it to Bill Clinton, didn’t 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...