The president and others say that if we leave, it will just be chaos in Iraq. Well, right now when you come to Iraq, you can't even drive from the airport to the Green Zone.

It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.

That's what I like about you, senator, you're kicking it old-school.

The Democrats were in the majority in the U.S. Senate when we voted for the Iraq war and passed the U.S. Patriot Act. It's not enough to be in the majority, you have to stand for something.

It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution.

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.

Congress has lost its way if we don't hold this President accountable for his actions.

Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.

Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.

I'm proud to be a Democrat.

The whole idea of awakening is about regaining self-trust. Through self-trust we remember how to be our own best guides.

What stories can do, I guess, is make things present.

We always feel the brunt of the blow dealt to us, but hardly ever do we feel the impact we have on others. Why is that?

And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.

In Burma, our main goal in amending the constitution is not to phase out the military from politics. Our main point is to put the constitution in line with international standards and norms.

The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.

Human beings are fundamentally good.

We fail to reckon with the reality of human nature. By nature,we are egocentric. Our world revolves around us. None of us is totally altruistic.

Potatoes are very interesting folks. I think they must see a lot of what is going on in the earth - they have so many eyes.

I am a cat. As yet I have no name