America deserves a real discussion about real policy.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!

Christmas movies, it's a hard thing to do. The danger is you just end up with a Hollywood star with a Santa beard. You risk it being fake and cheesy and not real.

There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.

Every fool has a reason for feeling sorry for himself.

The programmers have another saying: 'The question of whether a machine can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.'

Am I worried? Sure, I'm worried. When it comes to the Olympics, it can't be a predictable finish.

No, when I worked as an accountant I was falling asleep waiting for 5 o'clock.

Mistakes were made long ago. It is someone else's fault. We can't be held responsible, but we are very sorry.

Mabutt has now played seven consecutive games for England, this is his seventh

We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realize what you are. That's what death is, don't you think?

Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher.