I would say to the new leadership the American people are ready to meet you if you move forward toward the path of democracy.

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.

The simple things in life are the greatest gifts.

I sometimes think that 'friend' is just a word I use for all the people I haven't murdered yet.

They say love and hate are closely tied, that they can turn at a moment’s notice.

Where there are no tigers a wildcat is very self-important.

If you want to go to Spain or you want to go to France or you want go to [any] southern European countries, [Lisbon] is a great place to [connect].

See the world with new eyes every day.

The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.

Prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it.

Love is the master-key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.

...extraordinarily beautiful, and slightly out of focus.