I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.

Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down.

Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

It's possible to dazzle a crowd if you really work at it. But that is no qualification for leadership. Hitler was a master of crowds.

I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.

When I can feel you breathing into me i, like a stone gargoyleatop some crumbling building, spring to lifea resuscitated angel.

The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.

You who have received so much love, show your love by protecting the sacredness of life. The sacredness of life is the greatest gifts that God has given us.

Real love takes work. You have to be willing to make the effort.

If we but give it time, a work of art 'can rap and knock and enter our souls' and re-align us - all our molecules - to make us whole again.

To be in time is to be asleep: to be awake is to be in eternity.

I've been reading a book lately. That book is Thom Yorke, and the conclusion is that he's brilliant.

Never get bored or cynical. Yesterday is a thing of the past.

If I had my personal view, perhaps that might take hold. In fact, I don't want to see another dog or cat born.

Nature is monumentally indifferent.