It's obvious that things aren't going well over there. This is a war based on lies.

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.

I'm just so honored that the universe chose me to be the spark that has set off a raging inferno

The opposite of good is not evil; it's apathy.

Every day is a new sense of tearing my heart out of my body again when I see other children who have been killed, and I know what their families are going through.

I raised four kids in six years.

Loyalty to the true, core values and roots of democracy is what makes a true patriot, not loyalty to a symbol of the country.

We really need to stop the imperialist tendencies of countries like the United States and Great Britain

One of my biggest inspirations is President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Yea, President Hugo.

I'm working class, my family was working class, and we have struggled the same way our neighbors here in San Francisco have struggled.

I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent.

Stupid quotes are only Twitters in disguise.

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

The moment people come to know love, they run the risk of carrying hate.

People take on the shapes of the songs and the stories that surround them, especially if they don't have their own song.

The tropical rain forests are a telling example. Once cut down, they rarely recover. Rainfall drops, deserts spread, the climate warms.

We need to expect to pay a price if we want to make our lives better, but more importantly, we need to expect to pay a price for just leaving things as they are.

It's always easier in the Senate minority to maintain unity.

The opinion of the world does not affect me. I have placed as the real values in my life what follows when I am dead.

I really do like to write and when I'm not, I think, "Okay, I'll be a good citizen now" but fact is, that's secondary.

I have no problem with any question.