Transgender people have served, are serving, and will continue to serve.

The implementation of don't ask, don't tell's repeal has gone very, very well.

We have strong statistical evidence that shows that transgender people are twice as likely as their fellow citizens to join the military, to have served in the military.

The U.S. military is so far behind the rest of our society.

I'm just one example of thousands of transgender veterans and people who are actively serving today.

Our allies, Great Britain, Australia, Israel, some of the strongest militaries in the world, allow transgender people to serve openly and have experienced no ill effects from that.

But that was the least of it. He knew the worst of her, and that was better.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

I was absent at the moment I took up the most space.

Everybody in the world is capable of democratic development. Some people in the world are unlucky enough to get stuck with really bad political leadership and with really bad political institutions.

Like a lot of people whose children were small in the 2000s, I read [Daniel Handler] books out loud and I loved them.

Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies.

Only when you have a changeless sense of who you are, can real change take place.

I liked finding dirt on people. It made all my trespasses seem trivial.

I haven't lost my innocence particularly. I'm always ready to pretend I haven't. Yeah, it is a shame in a way.