You cannot bring peace in Syria as long as [Bashar] Assad is, in fact, there.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!

If a cause be good the most violent attack of its enemies will not injure it so much as an injudicious defense of it by its friends.

Every show that comes out that's female driven is compared to the last female-driven show, as if it's taking over.

I know it's corny - but I love 'Jingle Bells!'

Yes, I first visited Korphe village, Braldu valley, Baltistan, Pakistan, after failing to summit K2 in 1993, and met Haji Ali, a long time dear mentor and friend. My second visit to Korphe was in 19

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal.

No cause can justify the abuse of human rights.

Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack.

We are the things and shapes to come, your freedom's not free of dumb.

The sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives.

It takes a lot of guts to stop measuring things that are measurable, and even more guts to create things that don't measure well by conventional means.