Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values.

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that: it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.

I wake up some mornings hating me too.

Take your f***ing tampon out and tell me what you have to say.

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.

We're bending the law as far as we can to ban an entirely new class of guns.

A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the middle class in a hole, and John McCain has a plan to keep digging that hole with George Bush's shovel.

Because of the president’s leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.

Republicans are 'bad people who deserve a two-by-four upside their heads.'

Permitting and protecting even the smallest acts of abuse by a tiny fraction of our officers leads to a culture where extreme acts of abuse are more likely.

Love is the soul of God

If I have the option, I always read the paper or a book or something I can touch and destroy in my own hands.

The mark of an honest man... is that he means what he says and knows what he means.

If we don't know how to deal with sin then we don't know how to deal with people.

When an individual is awake, almost all he does and says is inspired by the model of behavior that the society imposes,even without his being aware of it.

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

You always come back to Duke Ellington - he's kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band descending to lots of jazz, actually.

There is hardly any politically minded man who acknowledges and agrees with every point of the program of a political party.

The teacher loses the position of external boss or dictator but takes on that of leader of group activities

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.