We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too.

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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 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...

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

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

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to...

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to...

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of...

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of...

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,...

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...

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

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

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,...

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 went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.

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...

I want to attract the best people into teaching.

I want to attract the best people into teaching.

Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way...

Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way...

You do have to change things as warfare changes.

You do have to change things as warfare changes.

I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs -...

I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs -...

Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over...

Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over...

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.

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.