"The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. made me very, very sad, and I mourned and I cried like ..." — John Lewis

I think President Barack Obama has been a good president.

The press is supposed to serve as a check on government.

We should be creative, and we should accommodate the needs of every community to open up the democratic process. We should make it easy and accessible for every citizen to participate.

Customs, traditions, laws should be flexible, within good reason, if that is what it takes to make our democracy work.