Politics takes patience, time, listening and endless meetings.

Democracy is interactive... Its a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.

I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.

I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.

Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.

I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction.

I think it's time we had a president who carried the same life experiences into the White House as most ordinary Americans.

Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need.

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.

Do you have all that you desire? The health, the home, the career or the relationship? Look to where you're investing your time the most, is it dedicated to achieving those desires?

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It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots

When all the arguments have been forgotten, this central fact will remain. The two nations fought a single war, and their quarrels were the quarrels of brothers.

A woman filled with faith in the one she loves is the creation of a novelist's imagination.

A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.

The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth.

... it was as if there were always some good fortune with me that would keep me from going hungry. I knew I would never die of hunger.

I can't live without you or with you.

I ask the Philippines Government to put an end to journalists' killings by giving journalists' safety the priority it deserves.