Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.

In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.

I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international law, a war that was wrong and immoral.

I think the difference between El Salvador and Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua you had a popular insurrection, and in El Salvador you had a revolution.

Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would have avoided a nuclear war?

Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

I don't want to wear what every other women wears. I won't be dictated to.

I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.

The commercial work of today is the classics of tomorrow.

Grace abounds for everyday life.

Remember to take in and harvest light yet also allow yourself to cast shadows where needed, like a tree. Then, in return, your shadow will support your light.

The Present will remind you of a forgotten Truth. You are not the body or mind, but the loving, radiant, divine energy that is God. In the Present, you fulfill your destiny as a spiritual being.

If love comes to you in a way that isn't the norm then at least it came to you

People’s feelings are easily swayed. The things reflected in people’s eyes are full of deception. Nothing is as it appears.

Her problem wasn't she was a dumb blonde, it was she wasn't a blonde and she wasn't dumb.

We make them [kids] earn the stuff they want. They're not going to play with their iPad today unless they do their chores.

Knowing that you're crazy doesn't make the crazy things stop happening.

My dad sent Frank Sinatra a dollar bill to autograph, and when it came back, signed, he had it framed: it was always up on the wall in whatever flat we were in.