I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs - and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it.

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If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we...

If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we...

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need...

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need...

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench....

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench....

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.

But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.

You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are...

You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are...

As long as the Palestinians send terrorists onto school buses and to nightclubs to blow...

As long as the Palestinians send terrorists onto school buses and to nightclubs to blow...

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go...

But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go...

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it,...

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it,...

I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors,...

I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors,...

We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.

We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances,...

We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances,...

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge,...

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge,...

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on...

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on...

Democrats don't relate to middle-class people.

Democrats don't relate to middle-class people.

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain...

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain...

When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to...

When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to...

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.