I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning killing.

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!

She’s never where she is, ' I said. 'She’s only inside her head.

Every time you do goodness, you rise to the summit of humanity!

...I guess I can put two and two together.""Sometimes the answer's four, " I said, "and sometimes it's twenty-two...

For aspiring comedians? Don't listen to me. Just go on stage and do what you think is funny.

Try to just be true to ourselves, whoever we are, but willing to grow, even as we're true to ourselves.

The spread of feminism is the most spectacular, extraordinary phenomenon in the last twenty years, and I believe we will accomplish our goals in a million different ways.

I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.

Western ears have a hard time hearing anything that isn't in four-four time. A lot of cultures experience music in five-eight, for example, five-four.

In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.

We are totally dysfunctional.” “I prefer ‘selectively deviant’. But we’ll keep that to ourselves.