I Think Americans Want To Believe In

If We Can Rebuild Iraq, We Can Rebuild Illinois And Indiana And If We Can Do Baghdad, We Can Do Baltimore.

There Are Those Who Would Keep Us Slipping Back Into The Darkness Of Division, Into The Snake Pit Of Racial Hatred, Of Racial Antagonism And Of Support For Symbols Of The Struggle To Keep African-americans In Bondage.

The Reason That Minorities And Women Dont Have A Better Shot At Getting Elected To The Senate Or To Statewide Office Is Because The Campaign Finance Rules Are So Skewed As To Make It Very Difficult For Non-traditional Candidates To Raise The Money Necessary To Get Elected.

The Islamic Community Today Is Faced With A New Version Of An Old Struggle. My Late Mother Used To Say It Doesn't Matter Whether You Came To This Country On The Mayflower Or On A Slave Ship, Through Ellis Island Or The Rio Grande. We're All In The Same Boat Now.

To Me, That Means Getting Back To The Point Where Our Constitution Means That You Don't Tap People's Phones And Poke Into Their E-mail And You Don't Arrest People And Keep Them Hidden For A Year And A Half Without Charging Them.