Im committed to universal health coverage and education.

I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.

There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level.

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.

There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.

It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door.

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.

With every breath i take, I take one for her.

So many of us have settled for what is, rather than what could be.

May God define your path.

You can create viable ventures out of turbulent adventure.

Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism?

Graduation is a big deal-bigger than getting a hole-in-one while golfing. People might think you're lying about the hole-in-one, but when you graduate, you get a diploma.

I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.

Once a Jew always a Jew.

Buying wine is a political act.

I think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand.