People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to…

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

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

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'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...

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...

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...

All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like...

All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like...

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...

I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible...

I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible...

To me, that means getting back to the point where our Constitution means that you...

To me, that means getting back to the point where our Constitution means that you...

I'm committed to universal health coverage and education.

I'm committed to universal health coverage and education.

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom...

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom...

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more...

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more...

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

The fact is that the diversity in this political class serves the same interest as...

The fact is that the diversity in this political class serves the same interest as...

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,...

So I think that if we want to have a Congress, if we want to...

So I think that if we want to have a Congress, if we want to...

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...

I want to rebuild America.

I want to rebuild America.

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 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...