President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!

Go where the pain is, go where the pleasure is.

One learns one’s mystery at the price of one’s innocence.

Everything is connected. We see the signs every moment. There are miracles waiting to happen!

Never argue. To win an argument is to lose a sale.

Build your life not on the things of today, but on the things of tomorrow

I was made at right angles to the world and I see it so. I can only see it so.

Let me start by saying, I'm utterly disgusted with the former members of the Dead Kennedys.

All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate

Both teachers and students must move ahead together for the nation to progress.