Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America, but against the civilized world; and Britain understood this.

First at the outset, let me commend the great men and women of the United States Coast Guard for what they do.

It devolves upon the United States to help to motorize the world.

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

Our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted.

Dumbfounded, I stood before the court, trying to figure out if there was a state of being between “guilty” and “innocent.” Why were those my only alternatives? I thought. Why couldn’t I be “neither” or “both”?

After a long pause, I finally faced the bench and said, “Your Honor, I plead human.