DANNY K. DAVIS

The history of the African American community is one of enduring, relentless struggle with a vision of accepting nothing less than full social and economic equality.

I have a tendency to campaign positively and campaign on issues, not try to tear someone else down.

Our nation's attitudes toward trade have been shaped by the evolving struggle over who has been helped and who has been disadvantaged by trade policy as our economy has developed.

I've enjoyed a great friendship and relationship and have a tremendous amount of affinity for both the Clintons... and I'd like to keep it that way.

Our nation's multiculturalism is what makes us so special as a nation.

Sickle cell does not have the priority in this country that it had in the 1960s, when I started working on it. Congress has been cutting everything that wasn't nailed down.

Everyone who has succeeded in correcting their wrong should have the right to work.

My congressional record speaks for itself, and my ability to build coalitions locally, nationally and across the aisles in Congress is transparent.

The thing that I guess I've never understood is why people persist that I carried a crown on a pillow to Reverend Moon. I never did. I took it to his wife.

You go to traffic court in many locations throughout the country, and you can spell justice - J-U-S-T dash U-S. Just us.

I would jump off the Willis Tower, which is the tallest building in Chicago, to support Hillary Clinton.

I have a great deal of respect and affinity for Tammy Duckworth; she's a seatmate of mine. She's got heart, soul; she's a war hero.

I believe in democracy. I also believe in religious freedom.

Strengthening our national network of Community Health Centers - one of the best kept secrets in medicine - can help counter America's growing access problem.

The arts are what humanize science and history.

My mother often told us that it is a poor dog that will not wag its own tail.

I think life is the sum total of your experiences.

The best protection against recidivism is a job.

Chicago is a world-class culinary center. We need to guard that reputation and status.

We borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War, and so there was a debt owed. We paid it. If we have done that for 235 years, if we have done it ever since this country has existed, we can do it again.

I don't think you decree political positions.

Nothing has more impact on my district than unemployment.

To ensure fair competition, there must be effective controls on currency manipulation, and monopoly pricing needs to be outlawed on such items as intellectual property, especially pharmaceuticals.

I've got hundreds of friends who are police officers. I work with the police.

Getting the care for a common cold, migraine, or high blood pressure can and should be easy, whether one has an insurance card or not.