It's good I was born in Brooklyn. You learn how to take care of yourself.

We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.

Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement

Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.

Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable

The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers

We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.

The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.

More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity

Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.

There are still a few of us booklovers around despite the awful warnings of Marshall McLuhan with his TV era and his pending farewell to Gutenberg.

Only listen to the observations of the enlightened because everyone else is self-centered, egocentric and bound by the net of desire.

I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

I am currently in nursing school, so one day I will be both a nurse and a writer.

Concepts can never be presented to me merely, they must be knitted into the structure of my being, and this can only be done through my own activity.

Donald Trump amplifies the worst instincts. And his nationalism is really a white racist supremacist nationalism.

When I used to do the Edinburgh Festival, there was a bunch of guys selling fresh oysters and I'd eat ten daily - marvellous.

The only way to achieve a practical, livable peace in a world of competing nations is to take the profit out of war.

There are literally tens of thousands of very good content providers in the world that don't distribute their content through TV channels.

No sky is heavy if the heart be light