We've Got To Create More

I've Gone To Work, I've Raised A Child, And I've Spent 30 Years Trying To Better The Lives Of Children And Families. But I Often Return To One Thing I Said Way Back Then - That Politics Is The Art Of Making Possible What Appears To Be Impossible.

Some People Think Elections Are A Game: Who's Up Or Who's Down. It's About Our Country. It's About Our Kids' Future. It's About All Of Us Together. Some Of Us Put Ourselves Out There And Do This Against Some Difficult Odds. We Do It, Each One Of Us, Against Difficult Odds. We Do It Because We Care About Our Country. Some Of Us Are Right, And Some Of Us Are Not. Some Of Us Are Ready, And Some Of Us Are Not. Some Of Us Know What We Will Do On Day One, And Some Of Us Haven't Thought That Through.

We Need To Rebuild Bonds Of Trust Between Our Police Officers And Our Communities.

There Is A Great Deal Of Political Pressure To Only Talk About Abstinence, And To Deny Support For Condoms And Education On Using Them. This Policy Will Lead To The Unnecessary Deaths Of Many People.

You Know, People Make A Lot Of Money Talking About Me, Don't They? They Just Get On Those Shows, And They Talk Away. There's Nothing I Can Do. And That's One Of The Great Lessons I Try To Convey In My Book, Which My Mother Implanted In Me As A Young Girl.. Is You Can Either Be An Actor In Your Own Life, Or A Reactor In Somebody Else's.