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That is the one thing that makes me a Democrat, I suppose - this idea that our communal values, our sense of mutual responsibility and social solidari...more

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So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: M...more

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Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that t...more

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And that brings me to one last point. I've got a simple message for all the dedicated and patriotic federal workers who have either worked without pay...more

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But that’s part of what makes America wonderful, is we always had this nagging dissatisfaction that spurs us on. That’s how we ended up going west, th...more

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What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what I also believe is that we have an obligation to make sure that gays and lesbian...more

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When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.