Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale!

I want to have faith in strangers. I want to have faith in what we're all going to do next. But I'm worried. I see things shifting from United We Stand to God Bless America. I don't believe in God Bless America. I don't believe a higher power is standing beside us and guiding us. I don't believe we're being singled out. I believe much more in United We Stand. I have my doubts, but I want it to be true. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we really came together, if we really found a common humanity? The hitch is that you can't find a common humanity just because you have a common enemy. You have to find a common humanity because you believe that's true.

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

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

The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government.

Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today.