I Hope We Will Come

As A Young Lawyer, I Learned To Try To Find Common Ground With People, To Look For A Human Connection. When I Got To The Senate, Despite The Fact That There Were A Lot Of People Who Didn't Want Me To Get There - And Were Sure They'd Never Even Talk To Me, Let Alone Work With Me - I Really Tried To Do The Job I Was Sent There To Do By The People Of New York, Which Was To Get Things Done For My Constituents. I Worked With Republicans, And We Found A Lot Of Common Ground. It Isn't Easy, But It's Part Of What We Have To Do In Politics Today.

A Lot Of The People In History Who I Really Admire Lived Before The Hyperinformation Age We're Living In. Even If They Were Governing Or Solving Problems In Consequential Periods, Like The Civil War Or The World Wars Or The Great Depression Or The Cold War, They Had A Period Of Time And Space To Actually Think, To Be Private And You Read Their Biographies, And They Had Time To Think About What Was Happening And How To Respond. I Don't Think Human Nature Has Changed In The Last 50-150 Years, But The Stresses, The Demands On Those Of Us In Public Life Have Just Exploded.

Well, Human Security Is A Concept That I Am Very Committed To Enshrining In American Foreign Policy.

Small Children And Unruly People Who Are Demanding Attention.

I Will Do Everything That I Can To Make Sure That You Have Good Jobs, With Rising Incomes, That Your Kids Have Good Educations From Preschool Through College.