Politics should seize the imagination.

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away.

Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy.

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.

I think that bias is not a fixed thing. It's not as though some people are biased and others are not. It ebbs and flows. It can be manipulated. It changes according to a person's circumstances.

We will have a more just society as soon as we want one.

We have all the information in the universe at our fingertips, while our most basic problems go unsolved year after year...All around, we see dazzling technological change, but no progress.

Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective.

We all know who Donald Trump's talking to.

Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.

Twitter is crack for media addicts.

People need to feel safe to be who they are—to speak up when they have an idea, or to speak out when they feel something isn't right.

When you see the fire of hate, spread the tranquility of your ocean of love.

It is important that you never place limitations on learning, personal growth, traveling, reading and making a positive difference in your life and others.

Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.

He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it.

There shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.

The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.

Indeed, everybody wants to be a wow, But not everybody knows exactly how.

You've got troubles, I've got 'em too. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you. We'll stick together to see it through cause you've got a friend in me.

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.