Thousands die each year because they are uninsured or under-insured.

The forces that have worked hard to stoke populist anger against reform are the very ones that benefit from a health system which puts profits ahead of quality care for its patients.

If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms that the flag represents.

Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free.

Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations.

Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.

We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation.

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government.

While the notion that torture works has been glorified in television shows and movies, the simple truth is this: torture has never been an effective interrogation method.

It is not the role of Congress to decide legal cases between private parties. That is why we have courts.

The sacred jar of oil shall never run out.

I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.

Pride is ugly. It says, 'If you succeed, I am a failure.'

I came alone and I go as a stranger. I do not know who I am, nor what I have been doing.

Certainly, Doctor. Let's talk about your chair. Victorian?

The ability to dream is all I have to give. That is my responsibility; that is my burden. And even I grow tired.

What goes up must come down. But don't expect it to come down where you can find it.

But he had gone his way, the grass all mown, And I must be, as he had been - alone, As all must be, I said within my heart, Whether they work together or apart.

You need a man to go to hell with.

Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.