As a Christian, there is no other part of the New Right ideology that concerns me more than its self-serving misuse of religious faith.

I want to caution that we must not confuse patriotism with blind endorsement of bad policies.

Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security.

Our problem is not the lack of knowing; it is the lack of doing. Most people know far more than they think they do

Yes, I'm of the old guard, liberal Republican.

Having seen war, you obviously learned to hate war.

You are created invisible spiritually, and invisibility is largely a matter of patience.

It’s a question of wanting to know how the story turns out. And one can only know that about one story, ever.

It was as if when he left he'd taken some of the screws that held her together and now all she could do was walk around all wonky and falling apart

You don't have to make excuses for God.

Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.

When I ran, I didn't have any money. Now, it requires raising hundreds of millions of dollars just to get the nomination, and I don't care to be involved in that process.

I think the only way we retain credibility with the Arab world is to say, 'When push came to shove, despite the mistakes we made in the past, we are with you in democracy.'

Think not I am what I appear.

Desegregation is a joke.

I'll do whatever it takes for a movie. I don't really care what that is.