Barack Obama is many things; among them, he is a tough and even ferocious political warrior.

We often talk too much & listen too little. The surer route to winning a friend isn't to convince them that you're right, but that you care what they think.

Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.

[T]o argue that something is so because it is in the Bible is more than intellectually bankrupt.

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is no faith.

The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the country.

Liberty is precious. But so is life. It should not be so difficult for men and women of good will and good heart and sound mind to find the right balance between the two.

In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes.

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.

I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?

In saving Tamlin, I was to damn myself.

We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.

Dad thinks vengeance is the coolest thing about the Lord. That, and turning water into alcohol.

I want to prove to people that I'm an actor and not just a character.

I still have goals. Seeing those doubters out there, it's gonna be funny seeing them eat their words.

If you cannot live alone, you were born a slave.

Any documentary; any capturing of a non-fiction event, is a hyper-realistic condensation of reality that hopefully reveals an emotional truth. It's never the actual literal truth of an event.

If God had meant there to be more than two factors of production, He would have made it easier for us to draw three-dimension al diagrams.

What you eat should not just be "good for you" but it should contribute to your happiness; it should make you a happier person.