I can't speculate on what did or did not happen. I only know what I said and what I intended to convey.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

I am not rich, but I am wealthy and my wealth is my love.

Insecurity is the worst sense that lovers feel: sometimes the most humdrum desireless marriage seems better. Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust.

...the mind that is collectively orientated is quite incapable of thinking and feeling in any other way than by projection.

That was the trick - to keep punching, no matter what.

The present is an eternal attempt to separate the past from the future.

It's what you don't see that keeps you on the edge of your seat in any kind of film - leave it to the imagination of the viewer.

I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day . . .

Whatever religion we are, we must pray together.

We should walk together, work together and progress together. We should move ahead with this mantra.

Children aren't everything. There are other things in the world, though I admit some people don't seem to suspect it.