I thought then and I think now that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust and I think the premises on which it was launched were false.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.

America has no functioning democracy at this moment.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

Faith is reason at rest in God.

We women in Somalia are trying to be leaders in our community.

You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.

Truffle isn't exactly aphrodisiac but under certain circumstances it tends to make women more tender and men more likable

The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.

The effective strategies in politics are ones that are so clear and obvious that people can grasp it.

Education spending will be most effective if it relies on parental choice & private initiative -- the building blocks of success throughout our society.

I'm a guy, but I'm not afraid to cry. Not all of the time. But when I'm watching a movie, I'll sometimes shed a tear, especially 'Moulin Rouge'.