I'm not going to put my energy into focusing on things that are hypothetical that we don't know.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

For what one has to learn to do, we learn by doing.

We're also going to fix our inner cities. Forty-five percent of African-American children are - under the age six - are living in poverty.

What is a church?—Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

Between the money and the illegal merchandise, Bones was getting millions. No wonder he laughed at my salary. -Cat

When you come from 'love,' you do certain things because you are love, not because you want to have love.

Instead of using technology or wearing technology constantly, we will start becoming technology.

I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.

Me I never had the chance to say,Well,I'm going to do something I want to do."I always did if for my family,for my children, for my father,for my mother."