Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.

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.

You could never prove innocence, not in the match with the man who only had to imply guilt.

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesars, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.

To the soul's desires The body listens What the flesh requires Keeps the heart imprisoned

Because that day with Willem, I may have pretended to be someone named Lulu, but I had never been more honest in my life. Maybe that's the thing with liberation. It comes at a price.

The reason I know you don't love me, is because the day I walked out your door, you didn't stop me.

Golf is a game of endless failure and frustration.

In the end we must, I think, somehow conclude that they have as much right to this planet as we have.

It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get a book (written) -- for me, it's never quick.