I think that like most people I know, I have a range of views, but they are rooted in my values and experience.

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.

In reality the universe has no geometry.

Let the schools teach the nobility of labour and the beauty of human service: but the superstitions of ages past? Never!

It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor.

Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress.

Even the longest hours come to an end.

Sometimes you don't know it. What you have been waiting your whole life for. You don't know until it is happening.

People developed planes first and then took care of flight safety. If people were focused on safety first, no one would ever have built a plane.

To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents.

I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and you sing it. I always liked singing on my own.

Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.