I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early teachings were reinforced. Abortion was wrong, I was taught.

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.

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

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 old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.

Failure is a school in which the truth always grows strong.

Issue the orders, sir, and I will storm hell!

You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.

Walking over to Iggy, he poked him with his shoe. "Does anysing on you vork properly?" Iggy rubbed his forehead with one hand. "Well, I have a highly developed sense of irony.

Truth hurts. But lies can kill.

It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.

Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being.

I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome.

The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.