Contraceptives have a proven track record of enhancing the health of women and children, preventing unintended pregnancy, and reducing the need for abortion.

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

The U.S. has the finest research scientists in the world, but we are falling far behind other countries, like South Korea and Singapore, that are moving forward with embryonic stem cell research.

The Second Amendment only protects the people who want all the guns they can have. The rest of us, we've got no Second Amendment. What are we supposed to do?

Our girls have learned that sweat is sexy, brawn is beautiful and a little dirt never hurt anyone.

As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bush's blatant disregard for science.

Credit card companies pay college students generously to stand outside dining halls, dorms, and academic buildings and encourage their fellow students to apply for credit cards.

And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.

Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right to vote.

The Defense Department must do a better job of providing the best possible care for service women who are victims of sexual assault.

Let's clean up our environment. Let's clean up our bodies, but most importantly, let's not permit our babies of the future to be polluted before they are even born.

Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them. This only looks like love.

Don't judge a person by how important he is or how big he is. Judge a person by the strength of character or size of his heart.

Rumour is a pipeBlown by surmises, jealousies, conjecturesAnd of so easy and so plain a stopThat the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it.

I love the U.K. It's so different over there from America, you know, the culture and stuff. It's pretty awesome.

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where I think everyone can do the job and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.

Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It's really good for your health.

Metal musicians say dumb things sometimes.

A School Library is Like the Bat Cave: it's a safe fortress in a chaotic world, a source of knowledge and the lair of a superhero.

and as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, i realize that i never saw true beauty until now.