I'm Not Any Kind Of A Bigot,

I Know From My Own Experience As A Parent That Parents Probably Teach Most Powerfully Not Through Their Words But Through Their Deeds. And My Parents Taught Me Through The Stories Of Their Lives. And I Don't Take Any Credit For The Things That They Did Or The Things That They Experienced, But They Made A Great Impression On Me.

It's Been A Great Honor For Me To Spend My Career In Public Service.

I Assume That Those Who Cling To Old Beliefs Will Be Able To Whisper Their Thoughts In The Recesses Of Their Homes, But If They Repeat Those Views In Public, They Will Risk Being Labeled As Bigots And Treated As Such By Governments, Employers, And Schools.

In An Era Where The White House Is Abusing Power, Is Excusing And Authorizing Torture And Is Spying On American Citizens, I Find Judge [samuel] Alito's Support For An All-powerful Executive Branch To Be Genuinely Troubling.

It Was A Time Of Turmoil At Colleges And Universities. And I Saw Some Very Smart People And Very Privileged People Behaving Irresponsibly. And I Couldn't Help Making A Contrast Between Some Of The Worst Of What I Saw On The Campus And The Good Sense And The Decency Of The People Back In My Own Community.