There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.

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.

Blessed is he who believes in the illusion because thus he can find his great truth!

The Saviour is my strength.

There comes a time when you just have to say, “No!” – to the requests and to the system.

Live like you want to, not how anyone else wants you to.

Suicides aren't heroic in my opinion. And I don't think anybody ever really knows why somebody commits suicide.

Pens carry further than rifled cannon.

Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.

I'm still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.

So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by.

I am who I am, and I think I have a good nature, by and large. But if someone takes advantage of that good nature, well then, you know, I'm not that nice a guy.