I think the United States is still the indispensable force for positive change and for rule of law and for order and structure.

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!

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star you don't bother with other things.

Motherhood is the only thing in my life that I've really known for sure is something I wanted to do.

Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.

God's grace, quite simply, is God's mercy and goodness toward us.

It is the quality and the character of the leader that determines the results and performance.

Pretending you are not in love with someone only delays the time of you getting over them.

I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily

Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.

If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded.

Everyone is interesting except the narrator in a first-person story.