He explained his position many times in speeches,debates and letters, including this one written in eighteen fifty-eight: I have made it equally plain that I think the negro is included in the word "men" used in the Declaration of Independence.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

- Is that good? Is that my color?- I like it. I liked that dusty rose one, too.

VOA: standard.other

I also believe that it is entirely legitimate for our discussions to talk not only about offensive-weapons systems, but also defensive-weapons systems,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

"It is a 500-some-mile trip and in eight hours I am here."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

"It is very important," "I think the failure to pass health-care legislation this year will be a tremendous setback for the administration and for the leadership in Congress."

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

This is the event! In fact I was reading in Vanity Fair and they quoted that Comic-Con is the new Sundance, it is the new Cannes Film Festival."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"I don't think it is surprising that al-Qaida would want to shift attention away from the president's historic efforts, and continued efforts, to reach out and have an open dialogue with the Muslim world,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.03

"I think the counter-insurgency plan is the right way to go. And the way to make it effective, I believe,is to have a much larger, much quicker Afghan army, and a much better-equipped Afghan Army,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

"Where I think this film goes beyond what I usually expect of films like this is it creates this really in-depth,rich,complex relationship between these people and also this complex relationship that goes into the territory of nightmarish parenting."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

"We don't want to rob people of a constitutional right but - I kind of don't like saying this, but I'm going to do it, and that is - to err on the side of protection is the chance sometimes we have to take."

VOA: standard.2010.05.06