I think that our own crisis of democracy is in its own way affecting our ability to leverage in the same way that we used to in the world.

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!

Human strength fails, but the divinity within strengthen the soul.

You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection.

What takes us back to the past are the memories. What brings us forward is our dreams.

Whatever. Great day. Today. Best day of my life.

I don't choose my projects based on genre, I choose them based on the role and whether or not I've tackled that yet, based on the director and such.

Get your personal needs met, once and for all; if you have unmet needs, you'll attract others in the same position.

Typically, in Westerns, people who are in a Western feel like they're in a Western. It's almost like they know they do all these Western things.