We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.

While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting. It's the beliefs that motivate terrorists. A new ideology of hatred and intolerance has arisen to challenge America and liberal democracy.

That is what Americans do. We face a challenge -- no matter how great -- because we know that on the other side there is always hope.

I want to start by saying something nice about President Bush. Of all the presidents we've had with the last name of Bush, his economic plan ranks in the top two.

The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

I figured out Karl Rove's political strategy -- make gas so expensive, no Democrats can afford to go to the polls."