I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.

Democracy is interactive... Its a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.

I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.

I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.

Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.

I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction.

I think it's time we had a president who carried the same life experiences into the White House as most ordinary Americans.

Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need.

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. But they have to be willing to grudgingly accept the result. That's the genius of our democracy.

There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that sustained and consecutive thought. It is the hardest work in the world.

Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, you will be a mile away from him, and you will have his shoes.

Deep things are revealed to you in every encounter with God

Without allegiance to the Constitution it doesn't matter one hill of beans which party is in power!

Show me the woman, however loyal, who does not seek to rouse desire.

Occupation is one great source of enjoyment. No man, properly occupied, was ever miserable.

We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.

I played soccer because my friends did. Besides we got sodas afterwards.

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.