I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be.

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.

Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down.

Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

It's possible to dazzle a crowd if you really work at it. But that is no qualification for leadership. Hitler was a master of crowds.

I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.

So long as the soul of man is encased in one, two, or three body-containers, sealed tightly with the corks of ignorance and desires, he cannot merge with the sea of Spirit.

Tell me of your Willoughbys, Heathcliffs and Wickhams in literature and I will tell you I met them all.

A good preview makes you can’t wait to see the whole movie.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Shout for libraries. Shout for the young readers who use them.

Learn the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection. The first is attainable; the second is not.

Know what I mean? Eh, eh, Nudge nudge, Say no more?

A saint is someone who has been very selfless and, over a period of lifetimes, generated a tremendous amount of good karma, which has caused them to enter into very lovely states of mind.

Trust me, true?" Butch barked a laugh. "Last time you said that i ended up with a vampire cocktail, remember?

Other people have talked about chimpanzees being a window into the past, which I suppose is true, in a way.