I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East.

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.

What my campaign is about is a political revolution - millions of people standing up and saying, enough is enough. Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the hand full of billionaires.

An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.

It's better to show up than to give up.

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%.

Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.

It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.

The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.

What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children.

The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.

History shows that an examination of the personal collection of titles in any man’s library will provide something of a glimpse into his soul.

New York was not a romantic city at [80th]. Nobody knows who you are and you don't have to care about anybody else. It's a very cold city, I should say.

Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us.

The brave unfortunate are our best acquaintance.

But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives pleasure.

It's an incredible rise to stardom. At 17 you're more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than England manager Sven Goran Eriksson.

I hate restaurants that play music. You come out for a quiet meal, and you're supposed to put up with all this booming. Why? It's madness!

Action or inaction are both forms of leadership and standard setting.

You are always a winner. Sometimes you win, sometimes you make others win.