Our veterans deserve the very best, and that means ensuring that America's veterans receive high-quality services and cares when they come back home.

It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

It's so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.

If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won't regret it.

If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.

Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born.

We don't win what we don't fight for.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

It's a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.

Literature wasn’t intended to be about perfect people, it was about flaws, very real and very deep human flaws.

She was not yet dead. But I was already alone.

False in one thing false in everything

Making music can sometimes make me a bit restless, so it's fun when I get to be expressive in another way.

The Bible is not an option, it is a necessity. You cannot grow spiritually strong without it.

Television glorifies war, ... And the reality is we have some remarkably brave men and women who work through such challenging circumstances to make us as safe as we are.

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.

I may … surprise you - but I shall not deceive you.

Writing is not primarily escape, but use.

No story ever looks as bad as the story you've just bought; no story ever looks as good as the story the other fellow just bought.