There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

It was the only act of rebellion I knew—to be worthy of such an insult as “butterfly.

We are doing ourselves no favors when we look to the crowd to tell us where we are.

It's the people without the money and the power, who desperately want to live, for those people small things aren't small at all.

Perfect and bulletproof are seductive, but they don’t exist in the human experience.

That's wonderful, but my mind has been destroyed by alcohol.

You can flush my ashes down the toilet, for all I care.

The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition.

If you have a guru, leave him; if you don't have, get one. In other words, keep changing your gurus! Ocean's wisdom comes from knowing many ships and many fishes, many storms and many waves!

I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like to.

If you are wholly perplexed and in straits, have patience, for patience is the key to joy.