There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.

Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down.

Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

It's possible to dazzle a crowd if you really work at it. But that is no qualification for leadership. Hitler was a master of crowds.

I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.

Anyone that's trying to do something to improve sound... that's all good.

If you wish to help someone, give secretly and avoid arrogance.

You never date someone's ex-boyfriend. Period. That's not even the unspoken rule - that's the spoken rule.

Thank God for the reality for which we were created, a moment-by-moment communication with God himself.

Write the story that only you can write.

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.

Honesty has always worked for me.

In the end, I find my influences or inspirations where I can.

You never play age, you play character.

Life without literary studies is death.