And whatever our faith - whatever our faith, one belief should bind us all: The measure of our character is our willingness to give of ourselves for others and for our country.

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!

Don’t ask what it will cost or how much of your time you will have to sacrifice. Instead, ask what it’s worth.

Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap.

Christians should be a foreign influence, a minority group in a pagan world.

If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.

This is so absurd that it has, to my knowledge, never been contemplated.

As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone

I'd also gone through an entire year of celibacy based on my feeling that lust was the direct cause of birth which was the direct cause of suffering and death.

It is not the being paid money in advance that jars the sensitive artist: it is the having to work.

Do you know how powerful you are?

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.