Hillary Clinton knows how to sit down at a table and negotiate tough deals.

Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist.

If faith is your motivation, share that.

Most evil in the world is only partly because of an evil person. Most of it is because of the complicity of bystanders.

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

No couples in Virginia can adopt other than a married couple - that's the right policy.

We spend at least $5 for remedial education right now for every dollar we put in early childhood education. All the studies on early childhood education show this is going to pay for itself.

Matters about reproduction and intimacy and relationships and contraception are in the personal realm. They're moral decisions for individuals to make for themselves.

I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.

If you want to have a society where people are respected and respect laws, you can't have somebody at the top who demeans every group that he talks about.

I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of.

It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.

I hear that in my head all the time now: 'Why don't you go and see?'.

People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the city s walls.

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating her vegetables.

Entrepreneurship may be the most under-taught subject.

The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people.