I respect the Congress's oversight responsibility.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

Your first thought is what you've been conditioned to think

God was inviting me to go on Hajj, but before that I needed to settle my debts. Muslims may only embark on their pilgrimage if they are debt-free or at least have made an arrangement for repayment.

I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.

All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.

We approach closer and closer to socialism.

You cannot be born and you cannot die because you don't even exist ... in the sense that you think of existence.

Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others.

The honeymoon is not actually over until we cease to stifle our sighs and begin to stifle our yawns.

Humor is important in everything. Dress with a little humor and you can go a long way.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.