We must urgently begin to rebuild the bonds of trust and respect among Americans. Restoring trust in our politics, our press, our markets.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

There are no crash courses on ‘enlightenment’, you only crash in a course like that!!!!

Rest nurtures creativity, which nurtures activity. Activity nurtures rest, which sustains creativity. Each draws from and contributes to the other.

Words writers choose are a glimmering reflection into our souls.

The process of translating comprises in its essence the whole secret of human understanding of the world and of social communication.

In my moments of down time I tend to listen to Blues.

What businesses really need is to build connections that last, connections that transcend a single product or marketing campaign, connections that span an extended period.

I figured I couldn't love you as much as I do, without you feeling something for me too.

A pipe is a pocket philosopher,--a truer one than Socrates, for it never asks questions. Socrates must have been very tiresome, when one thinks of it.

It is worth it to give up all that you now are to be all that you could become.

Teacher, tender comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life.