The reason why we believe that change is possible is not because we are idealists but because we believe we have made it, so other people can make it as well.

Where you are born should not dictate your potential as a human being.

If we don't harness their potential for good, their societies will continue to reap their capacity for evil.

I think that one of the benefits of optimism and idealism is that they lead you into things you would never have tried if you'd let yourself imagine how hard it was going to turn out to be.

Money follows interest, and interest is largely driven by media attention, which is more easily captured by the drama of conflict than by peace.

you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

His greatest satisfaction as a priest was to grant absolution, to help people forgive themselves for not being perfect, make amends, and get on with life.

Thou oh my country hast thy foolish ways Too apt to purr at every stranger's praise.

I am tough but I have a soft side.

It's so much easier to debate people when you can pretend that they hold moronic position that they don't actually believe.

I used to think that great art happened without argument, and maybe that’s not the case. Maybe the things that are most important in this life, you have to fight for.

I learned to be with myself rather than avoiding myself with limiting habits; I started to be aware of my feelings more, rather than numb them.

Ambition sufficiently plagues her proselytes, by keeping themselves always in show, like the statue of a public place.

Will you be remembered, how would you be remembered, why wouldn’t you fight for the greatest achievement ever?

When the United States of America does things in its best interests, it is hated. I'm sorry, that just ticks me off.