My first real experience of ambition was as party leader. It was my ambition for Labour to win, in which event I would be prime minister.

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who tried to promote justice.

The unforgivable political sin is vanity; the killer diet is sour grapes.

People, even independently minded people, do to an extent draw their impressions from what they are told, especially if they are told it incessantly by newspapers.

Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, protecting our elderly against poverty and assuring young people of a more secure future.

America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.

My graduation was an amazing moment for my family, my community. In my early childhood, we lived on a subsidized income, with government assistance - at one point when I was growing up, my mother was making $14,000 a year. Now I had made it out of the hood, so to speak.

As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.