The Ukrainian people should not be coerced. Make no mistake: the US stands together with the Ukrainians aspiring for democracy.

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!

The world we write is but a dappled expression of the one in which we live.

If you doubt your sanity, is that proof?

Stories close the gap and reconcile between what we want life to be and how it actually is.

Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.

Any device in science is a window on to nature, and each new window contributes to the breadth of our view.

Power was my weakness and my temptation. And Miguel Sano is very tempting. But he is not weak. He is very, very strong.

I felt like the dark hair added like a toughness to my face also, which was really important.

Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.

A balanced intellect presupposes a harmonious growth of body, mind and soul.

We're in the doing business, or acting business and creating business. We're not in the results business, so we don't have any control over what the result is.