I Have A Lifelong Devotion To Public

I May, And I Think I Represent A Tradition That Means A Lot To Me, Which Has Really Always Been About Fighting For Others, For Middle-class Families, For Working Class - For Working People, You Know, And That's A Tradition And A Commitment That I Take Very Seriously.

Sometimes It Takes A While To Recognize That Someone Has A Special Ability To Get Us To Believe In Ourselves, To Tie That Belief To Our Highest Ideals And Imagine That Together We Can Do Great Things. In Those Rare Moments, When Such A Person Comes Along, We Need To Put Aside Our Plans And Reach For What We Know Is Possible.

I Grew Up In A Household Where Reading Was Encouraged. My Mother Believed In The Power Of Words, And My Father Obviously Did Too.

Many People Remember That Spirit That President Kennedy Summoned Forth. Many People Look To Me As Somebody Who Embodies That Sense Of Possibility.

Well, The Role Of Money In Politics Is Pretty Corrupting Right Now.