In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too.

John Kerry believes in America.

But they sense ... that with just a change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, ... They know we can do better. And they want that choice.

There is not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America -- there is the United States of America,

The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.