People are coming together - Democrats, Republicans, Independents - all of us to reject hate and division.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

Huge sums are invested globally in medical research and development - and with good reason.

The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior.

When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise.

If we looked down at the world from space, we would not see any demarcations of national boundaries. We would simply see one small planet, just one.

The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church...is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the phone and spending an evening with her.

I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire.

I guess that's why they call it the blues, time on my hands could be time spent with you.

And as he spoke, I was thinking, 'the kind of stories that people turn life into, the kind of lives people turn stories into.

You've never seen me dance, have you?