I ask the GOP leaders also to stand up for the integrity of the American electoral process.

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.

You may lose your path, but you must never lose your hope, because hope is the path to all the paths!

The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war.

Sometimes, you just have to reassure the ones you love in precise language that you'll always be there. Sometimes words are enough.

Themes recur again and again in my work.

It's a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film.

Man's great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.

So that's us: processed corn, walking.

A verbal threat is the most authentic certificate of impotence.

Birds, except when broiled and in the society of a cold bottle, bored him stiff.

Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.