I happen to believe that certain types of assault weapons, which are manufactured and designed for military purposes to kill people very quickly should not be used in civilian society.

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.

There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death.

If another man wanted me, I was valuable. I was esteemed, no matter that it wasn't self-esteem.

We carry secrets under our skin like shrapnel. Our surface wounds heal, but the damage festers underneath while we worry what tiny pieces will work their way to the surface for the world to see.

Every man knows that slavery is a curse. Whoever denies this, his lips libel his heart.

If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.

All our anxieties relate to time.

I love you. You are my heart beating outside of my chest.

I couldn't tell you the ratio, but probably for every job you see me do, there would be 20 rejections.

I love all the things there are, and of all fires love is the only inexhaustible one; and that's why I go from life to life.

I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater.