He called for people on both sides of the debate to keep an open mind and to stop demonizing each other.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

These folks need to stop scaring everybody." Democrats concede the political stakes on the health-care issue are very high, both for the president and for the Democratic majorities in Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

"He is an imam and I am a rabbi and we are both simply teachers humble before God,' "Hopefully,helping others to stop along the way, so that we can find out how strong we really are when we simply work together."

VOA: standard.2009.10.19