Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.

Democracy is interactive... Its a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.

I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.

I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.

I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction.

I think it's time we had a president who carried the same life experiences into the White House as most ordinary Americans.

Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need.

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. But they have to be willing to grudgingly accept the result. That's the genius of our democracy.

Give yourself permission to let it hurt but also allow yourself the permission to let it heal.

Snatch religion back from the clerics and literature from the critics.

North Korea remains the last bastion of undiluted communism in the world.

There are people who will appreciate what I've done, and there will be people who will criticize me. Ultimately history will have the final say.

I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed

What India needs most is a unified food law.

All paintings are abstract ideas, not representations of a true reality.

Did you ever really love her? Not really no. But me? Yes. Even though I have no pizzazz?

You can tell how good a filmmaker is if you can turn the sound down but you can still feel the story.

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look - like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.