Let's Also, My Friends, Let's Raise The

As A Young Lawyer, I Learned To Try To Find Common Ground With People, To Look For A Human Connection. When I Got To The Senate, Despite The Fact That There Were A Lot Of People Who Didn't Want Me To Get There - And Were Sure They'd Never Even Talk To Me, Let Alone Work With Me - I Really Tried To Do The Job I Was Sent There To Do By The People Of New York, Which Was To Get Things Done For My Constituents. I Worked With Republicans, And We Found A Lot Of Common Ground. It Isn't Easy, But It's Part Of What We Have To Do In Politics Today.

Stay In The Middle,don't Get Pushed To The Side,every Chance That's Worth Taking,is A Chance Worth The Fight

I Think Barack Obama Had The Right Idea [on Negotiations With Enemies], And The Bottom Line Is That Of Course There Have To Be Conditions. But, Of Course It Doesn't Do Us Any Good To Not Talk With Our Adversaries.

Throughout The 1980s, We Did Hear Too Much About Individual Gain And The Ethos Of Selfishness And Greed. We Did Not Hear Enough About How To Be A Good Member Of A Community, To Define The Common Good And To Repair The Social Contract. And We Also Found That While Prosperity Does Not Trickle Down From The Most Powerful To The Rest Of Us, All Too Often Indifference And Even Intolerance Do.

I'm Fighting For People Who Cannot Wait For Changes, And I'm Not Making Promises That I Cannot Keep.