I want to stop directing so many of resources to the military budget and focus them here at home. I believe government should invest in public infrastructure.

Ideology that believes government is bad, and that public institutions and places are not valuable, is as destructive as corporate greed.

It's really Democrats who are fighting for working families and small businesses and trying to address the biggest problems that we have, which are huge disparities in incomes and wealth and money influencing the Democratic process.

I bring to the table core Democratic values and can articulate them very strongly. I'm not someone who tries to claim the middle.

Government should take necessary steps to add music into school syllabus and impart knowledge to the students.

I remember I was in grade school, the fourth grade, in a free reading period in the library. Someone in my class found a copy of the Forbes 400, a list of the richest people in America, and my dad's name was on it.

We believe in honoring our mothers and fathers and keeping our smallest residents - our children - healthy. The politicians in charge of Texas now clearly don't. Perry has refused to even consider expanding health care coverage in Texas because he cares more about scoring political points than he does about our Texas families.

The biggest single thing China needs to do is build an emergent middle class and domestic consumption, and the best way to do that is through pension and health-care reform, and currency reform to establish purchasing power among its citizens.