Shamefully We Now Learn That Saddam's Torture

The Stark And Tragic Images Of Human Suffering In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Katrina Have Reminded Us Yet Again That Civil Rights And Equal Rights Are Still The Great Unfinished Business Of America. The Suffering Has Been Disproportionately Borne By The Weak, The Poor, The Elderly And Infirm, And Largely African-americans, Who Were Forced By Poverty, Illness, Unequal Opportunity To Stay Behind And Bear The Brunt Of The Storm's Winds And Floods. I Believe That Kind Of Disparate Impact Is Morally Wrong In This, The Richest Country In The World.

There Is No Morality In The Mushroom Cloud. The Black Rain Of Nuclear Ashes Will Fall Alike On The Just And The Unjust. And Then It Will Be Too Late To Wish That We Had Done The Real Work Of This Atomic Age, Which Is To Seek A World That Is Neither Red Nor Dead.

Supreme Court Nominations Are An Occasion To Pause And Reflect On The Values That Make Our Nation Strong, Just And Fair. And We Must Determine Whether A Nominee Has A Demonstrated Commitment To Those Basic Values.

I Hope For An America Where Neither Fundamentalist Nor Humanist Will Be A Dirty Word, But A Fair Description Of The Different Ways In Which People Of Good Will Look At Life And Into Their Own Souls.

Were I To Make The Announcement And To Run, The Reasons I Would Run Is Because I Have A Great Belief In This Country [america]. ... There's More Natural Resources Than Any Nation In The World; The Greatest Education Population In The World; The Greatest Technology Of Any Country In The World; The Greatest Capacity For Innovation In The World; And The Greatest Political System In The World.