I think it is very important for us to make clear to our children that our country really is great because we're good.

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.

Have you no sense of decency, sir?

A terrifying spiritual and moral tide of evil has already loosed us from our spiritual moorings. Monstrous new ideas that could easily destroy our freedoms are rushing into the vacuum.

That's the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don't feel the need to be impatient any longer.

The writing I tend to think of as 'good' is good because it's mysterious.

I miss smoking (two to four packs a day) but I don't miss the crackle in my lungs when I breathed.

Preserving parks and open spaces is a winner because it doesn't need to be explained to everyday Americans.

That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I'm a little disappointed.

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.

In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else.

People should not have to pay for pollution they do not cause.