Politics Is A Substitute For Violence.

Diplomacy Matters. Burden-sharing Matters. Follow-through Matters. And Yes, Sustaining The Peace Is Harder, More Complex And Often Costlier Than Winning The War Itself. No Matter The Surge Of Momentary Machismo -- As Gratifying As It May Be For Some -- It's Short-sighted And Wrong To Simply Go It Alone.

Every Proposal I'm Making, Every Idea I'm Advancing Has A Single, Central Purpose: To Revive A Failing Economy And Give Working Americans The Help And Security They Need.

We Are All So Privileged To Be Citizens Of America, And We All Need To Be Engaged.

I Led The Fight For The Clinton Health Care Plan In 1994. We Failed. I Learned From That Experience. What I Learned Is You Can't Pass A Complicated Government-run Plan.

I Grew Up In The '50s And '60s When Jack Kennedy Was President. We Would Watch Him On Television. And Our Teachers Always Talked About The Good Things Public Servants Could Do. I Thought Maybe That's Something I Should Do. So When I Got Out Of Law School, My Wife, Jane, And I Became Precinct Captains.