Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote.

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Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat...

Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat...

The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to...

The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to...

I'd come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I...

I'd come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I...

Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the...

Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the...

I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me...

I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me...

We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment.

We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment.

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the...

I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the...

I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to...

I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to...

And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a...

And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a...

The notion that we won the war against Iraq is like saying we won a...

The notion that we won the war against Iraq is like saying we won a...

I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to...

I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to...

I'm a results-oriented person and my Senate record shows that.

I'm a results-oriented person and my Senate record shows that.

New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers...

New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers...

The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular,...

The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular,...

People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience...

People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience...

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.

If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can...

If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can...

I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to...

I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to...

I want people who believe in my message and where I am on issues to...

I want people who believe in my message and where I am on issues to...