I think it's time we had a president who carried the same life experiences into the White House as most ordinary Americans.

Democracy is interactive... Its a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.

I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.

I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.

Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.

I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction.

Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need.

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. But they have to be willing to grudgingly accept the result. That's the genius of our democracy.

...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.

The wounded recognized the wounded.

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.

Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.

I have an amazing metabolism. I'm sure that'll be gone one day. But I like to exercise, too, so I don't think I'll ever get really fat.

Where feelings for God are dead, worship is dead.

When you get that tired, it becomes really challenging to keep bringing your best foot forward.

I couldn't do an acting job just to be working. It really had to have some soul to it.

As the Wall Street Journal called our economic plan, supply-side economics for the working man, is resonating in Minnesota and here in Missouri and across this country.

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.