We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federal budget with more transparency and better accountability.

Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.

Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how best to protect our communities.

I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the publics trust.

I like to take out the recycling because I actually feel like I'm doing something.

Anyone who has ever asked for directions knows you need two crucial pieces of information to get good results: a starting point and a destination.

I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.

Too often, advances in civil rights or women's rights are undermined by wrong-headed legislation or weak-kneed political leadership.

I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics.

The European reaction to Obama is a European delusion.

You made a lifetime commitment before God and the world. A silly thing like a divorce doesn’t reverse it.

If you have nothing planned for the future, you have no need of a future.

I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do.

If everyone sincerely practices the path of compassion and wisdom, all their problems will be solved. I guarantee this.

Some things, it's very useful to begin without knowing fully where you're going.

You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done - but simply because you are.

There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it; it's some people coming multiple times.

A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.

Are you still thinking, looking, living, as from an imaginary phenomenal centre? As long as you do that you can never recognise your freedom.