As a public person, I've always tried to reflect what is embodied in our defining ideals as a nation about equality and fairness and justice and so forth.

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!

It took teams of LEP warlocks to slow down time for a few hours

Don’t give up searching.

The adequacy of performance attainments depends upon the personal standards against which they are judged

China is a rising adversary. So one of the things we have to do if we want China's support is to push back on China.

The really poor man is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks the joy of the heart.

Places remember events.

There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond this there is great unrest.

Every application has an inherent amount of irreducible complexity. The only question is who will have to deal with it, the user or the developer (programmer or engineer).

Be realistic: Go for the impossible!

Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.