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That’s what this is all about: responding to basic human desires that we share for dignity, for safety, and for security. And when those basics are absent in one place, that’s when people make the desperate decision to seek them elsewhere.

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I, too, believe there are natural rights that predate any written political or legal documents; we have these rights merely because we're children of God.

Promises to Keep (2008)

We’re mourning more than 4.5 million people — people of every nation from every background.

I say this as a father of a man and won the Bronze Star, the conspicuous service medal, and lost his life in Iraq.

If you notice, I have more people supporting me in the black community that have announced for me, because they know me.

I call on everyone, no matter how deeply they care about this decision, to keep all protests peaceful.

Remarks on the Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade (2022)

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