In order to have the best intelligence in the world to know who the terrorists are and where they are and what they're plotting, you've got to have the best cooperation you've ever had in the world.

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!

The best way to learn is to do

Since the day I decided to become sober and a mother, I've been trying to become who I am supposed to be.

After a tragic incident you never remain the same. You pick up the pieces and emerge as a stronger, better version of yourself.

Im not interested in the limelight.

If you never failed, then you're probably not doing very much.

In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

Legends that endure in the future...were events that took place in the distant past.

A baby is a very heavy thing, any mother will tell you.

Remember you are a different person now than before, you are wiser & stronger for the trials that you have been through.

We have the kind of self-made-man myth, which says that super-successful people did it themselves.