Access to information and freedom of access to it may seem like a fundamental right but there are many people who think, rightly or wrongly, it is for your own good that it is hidden.

I will be the first to admit I am not perfect and I make mistakes.

I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted. We have zero tolerance for corporate fraud, but we also recognize the importance of avoiding collateral consequences whenever possible.

But the Congress has made the determination that certain kinds of information can be protected even though the American people may want to have access to information.

I have lived the American dream. Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father's best days.

In this job, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to love them, some people are going to hate them. It's just part of the job.

Our hearts and prayers go out to the people in London and in Egypt. We're very concerned about it. We are providing our expertise to aid in the investigation in London.

I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror.

Well, first of all, let me say that - let me remind your viewers that I am recused from this investigation, and what I said this weekend is not anything new.

Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it's a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts.

There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There's a prohibition against taking it away.

Detachment is a basic requirement for seeking enlightenment. Anyone or anything we are attached to has power to manipulate us although we all have freedom to choose.

It's not what you have lost, but what you have left that counts.

If you can get good at destroying your own wrong ideas, that is a great gift.

Average is a failing plan! Average doesn't work in any area of life. Anything that you give only average amounts of attention to will start to subside and will eventually cease to exist.

Know your own happiness.

I don't want to not live because of my fear of what could happen.

Unconditional good heart toward others is not even a possibility unless we attend to our own demons.

People are irrelevant. They're as irrelevant as many other prominent leftists are.

A boycott would send a clear message to Yahoo shareholders and other companies which cheerfully sacrifice human rights in return for a cut of the Chinese market.

Failure is not a crime. Failure to learn from failure is.