During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.

In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.

I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international law, a war that was wrong and immoral.

I think the difference between El Salvador and Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua you had a popular insurrection, and in El Salvador you had a revolution.

Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would have avoided a nuclear war?

Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

I don't want to wear what every other women wears. I won't be dictated to.

I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.

When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.

Comparing yourself to others does nothing for you. Society has conditioned us to value people who fit a secular mold of perfection".

Finding meaning in the moment is what gives those meanings a value worth remembering.

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?

I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don’t like who I am.

I don't need sound to talk to me.

The Enemy is overcome by the blessed Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Practice restraint over the following: appetite, first, as well as sleep, lust, and anger.

We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting adventures.

I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.