The future belongs to freedom, not to fear.

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!

My imagination is my temple where I meditate and pray to change human consciousness and awareness so that I may find peace.

If coffee were like dreams, then I would be wired in constant bliss, never needing sleep to live out my dreams.

In making a clear distinction between desire (answer) and yearning (question), we inevitably end up back at personal purpose.

In the race of life, sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. We must never be afraid of losing. There is a chance for winning when we press-on to reach the end of the race.

All the best days start with a latte and a time trip.

The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly that the enemy if you want to save yourselves.

Man owes his strength in the struggle for existence to the fact that he is a social animal.

Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.

I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath.

We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.