I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.

America has no functioning democracy at this moment.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

Satan can imitate God, but he cannot duplicate Him - God is the only One who can deliver us from our pain and suffering.

He shook hands with Margaret. He knew it was the first time their hands had met, though she was perfectly unconscious of the fact.

Juan Williams is a very sharp guy.

Since Satan can't destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

Everyone's journey is completely different.

Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.

(For songwriters) Development of your facility as a musician is also important.

I'm a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic.

When I was starting as an anime director I wanted to be known for great things. I never wanted to be known for some overblown toy commercial.