The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

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 conversation was like the sort one has in dreams—mad but interesting.

It is a moral achievement on the part of the doctor who ought not to let himself be repelled by sickness and corruption.

Doncaster will hit Villa with fire and broomstick.

Someone asked me the other day, 'Do you get upset when people say you are the young Frank Sinatra?' It doesn't upset me. It is a huge compliment, but it is false.

When people have a sense of our military capability, nobody will ever dare to cast an evil eye on our nation.

My chest hurts...It hurts. The sound of his name is like a knife in my heart.

Never rise from the table without having given due thanks to the Lord. If we act in this way, we need have no fear of the wretched sin of gluttony.

I don't think some of the players understand what the people are about. The people are coming out to show you their appreciation of the game, and the player that you are.

It's people like that who make you realize how little you've accomplished

Etch your vision in stone-but sketch your strategy in pencil.