We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.

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I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an...

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an...

When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by...

When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by...

While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I...

While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I...

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that...

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that...

When people told me 'It's great to be here', they meant at the house, not...

When people told me 'It's great to be here', they meant at the house, not...

As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions....

As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions....

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has...

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has...

I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.

I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.

A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the...

A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the...

I wake up some mornings hating me too.

I wake up some mornings hating me too.

The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so...

The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so...

The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the...

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the...

They ended up spending a total, their campaign plus the independent, about 1.3 million. I...

They ended up spending a total, their campaign plus the independent, about 1.3 million. I...

I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.

I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.

Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's...

Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's...

I still believe the Lewinsky investigation was way off from the focus of what Whitewater...

I still believe the Lewinsky investigation was way off from the focus of what Whitewater...

I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the...

I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the...

There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.

There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.

Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it...

Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it...