The right wing in this country is waging a war against women, and let me be very clear, it is not a war that we are going to allow them to win.

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.

What my campaign is about is a political revolution - millions of people standing up and saying, enough is enough. Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the hand full of billionaires.

An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.

It's better to show up than to give up.

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%.

Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.

It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.

The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.

What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children.

I look at him and realize, maybe I overreacted. Maybe more than once.

It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance.

Mere improvement is not redemption, though redemption always improves people

While she is lovely, we need to remember that her face is not what distinguishes her. Her beauty is a reflection of the virtue and talent she keeps inside.

I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake.

To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.

And sometimes you held somebody’s hand just to prove that you were still alive, and that another human being was there to testify to that fact.

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

Klonopin is a horrible, dangerous drug.

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