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I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America through civil rights, women's rights, equal justice, and they've passed that on to their children and grandchildren.


I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.


I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.


People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.


Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.


I've been a Democrat all my life.


Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.


Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own.


The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.


One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.


Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.


There are many ways to serve.


Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.


Now more than ever, I have learned that, when people die, they truly do live throughout those who love them.


In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.


I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.


I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.


I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.


I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.


I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.