If you don't have two states, you have one state, already the non-Jewish population outnumbers the Jewish population in one state.

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 no control over what happens to you! You can only pray for grace and strength to endure any situation.

You're the only person who means anything to me in the whole world, you're all I've got...""Well then you've got nothin.

.. And now it was official: I loved REI more than I loved the people behind Snapple lemonade.

Every problem has one immediate cause, many remote causes, long term and short term effects

Anything that's any good is self-perpetuating.

Goodness is, so to speak, itself; badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled.

There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends is to limit him.

If we are to produce a more civilized society, a more just society, it has to be based on the truth.

Be your biggest competitor - challenge yourself each day to be better than you were yesterday.

Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society.