Politics Is A Substitute For Violence.

Politics Takes Patience, Time, Listening And Endless Meetings.

In Every Issue There Are Winners Are Losers, And The Losers Are Plenty. But They Have To Be Willing To Grudgingly Accept The Result. That's The Genius Of Our Democracy.

I Have Been A Long And Strong Supporter Of Civil Rights In My Whole Career. I Led The Fight To Get The Voting Rights Act Re-enacted. I Have Been A Strong Supporter Of Affirmative Action. I Believe In It Strongly.

I Think A Lot Of People Think I Was Born In A Blue Suit, On The David Brinkley Show. And That Isn't Me. I Am Much More That Kid Who Grew Up In South St. Louis, In A Very Modest Household, With A Simple Background With Parents Who Didn't Get Through High School.

I Led The Fight For The Clinton Health Care Plan In 1994. We Failed. I Learned From That Experience. What I Learned Is You Can't Pass A Complicated Government-run Plan.