We are the only nation where paper is still the mainstay in the private insurance industry.

The issue of universal coverage is not a matter of economics. Little more than 1 percent of GDP assigned to health could cover all. It is a matter of soul.

Massachusetts is the first state in America to reach full adulthood. The rest of America is still in adolescence.

The ACA is an ugly patch on an ugly system - and I don't think it's worth mentioning in the context of price or quality transparency.

The rich are becoming richer, and the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger.

There are libertarian values which say private property is the overarching value, the sanctity thereof, and there are egalitarians who say health care should be shared and so on. That's fair enough.

Never tell a depressed person to “Cheer up.” Unless you want them to tell you to “Shut up.

Why was I born, if it wasn't forever?

It is impossible for men by their own strength and natural ability to become Christians, but it is possible for God to make them Christians.

Time is more important to me than money.

For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy

It is important for everybody to insure that the process will go on, that the ceasefire will hold. Of course, there is no ceasefire against Daesh [the Islamic State], Jabhat al Nusra, and Al Qaeda.

If you prayed as much as you complain and quarrel, you'd have a lot less to argue about and much more peace of mind.

The dirty little secret, folks, is Obama is not only for occupying Wall Street. He also wants to occupy Main Street.

And then, if you make it to bedtime, you feel the joy of cheating death out of one more day," she said. "Do you see?

Global governance need not take a democratic form.