Rep. James Clyburn, the state's only black congressman -- controls 20 percent to 25 percent of the primary vote.

Last week in the Homeland Security Committee, Republicans were against port security; and today, one week after Democrats unveiled our Real Security Agenda, they're for it

Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.

We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.

Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs

The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.

I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation.

Education is the great equalizer, and shouldn't be limited to the wealthiest few.

Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.

An ability to compromise is important. That means stepping back and getting the ego out of the way in order to accomplish what you want to get done.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. I lost three times before I got elected. There's no limit. Stay in pursuit of your dreams.

Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.

Affirm yourself every day (especially after every setback) because no one else will do it for you.

Freedom is a very great reality, but it means above all things, freedom from lies.

I am concerned with a certain way of looking at life, which was created in me by the fairy tales, but has since been meekly ratified by the mere facts.

There's a bad moon on the rise.

I remember mentioning to friends back in 1938 that the world chess champion would be beaten by a computer in 50 years time. Today we know computers are not far from this goal.

Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.

There are seductions that should be in the Smithsonian Institute, right next to The Spirit of St. Louis.

You’ve got to be crazy! It’s too late to be sane, too late. You’ve got to go full tilt bozo... ‘Cause you’re only given a little spark of madness... and if you lose that, you’re nothing

she braided my sister's hair with hands that smelled deep roots buried in the earth she told me the old stories how time never mattered when she died they gave me her clock