The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.

Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms.

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward.

Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen.

The notion that you have a blind trust but you can tell your trustee when to sell stock in it just doesn't make any sense. It means you have a seeing eye trust and not a blind trust. It's ridiculous.

America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it.

From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national culture and our national character.

This legislation confronts the human truth that the need for clean water knows no borders, and proper management and intervention can be a currency for peace and international cooperation.

Space offers extraordinary potential for commerce and adventure, for new innovations and new tests of will. As Americans, we can't help but reach for the stars. It's our nature. It's our destiny.

Let your power to simply “BE” inspire others to do the same.

I like to do things in which I'm playing someone else entirely.

There is nowhere pressing to get to because there is absolutely nothing wrong with where I am.

Jealousy is a rather enjoyable emotion to watch.

My mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.

They have done this through sexual repression, economic repression, political repression, social repression, ideological repression and spiritual repression.

I realized that it was great to have a job, but it didn't have anything remotely to do with what I was striving for, so why was I doing it?

Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods.

Surprising, I know. Everyone thinks I'm older.

Filmmaking is all about what we like to do on-screen. We have attempted that in the film. I have worked very hard to perform the character.