Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.

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!

Achievements must be highlights and not forgotten. So you always will have to rely in something on your frustrations.

Leaving home's a cinch. It's the staying, once you've found it, that takes courage.

We need revelation for the calling of officers in the Church. Men should not be called merely through impression.

I don't need a $100 million mistake. Try to make a $5 million mistake if you have to make one.

I didn't start making music in order to be famous.

Even though effective competition is the best tool to strengthen innovation and competitiveness in Europe, state aid can also play a very useful supporting role.

I am about to die, and that is the hour in which men are gifted with prophetic power.

Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee.

Tediousness is the most fatal of all faults.

The Japanese have hit the shores like dead fish. They're just like dead fish washing up on the shores.