I'm a very big believer in collaboration and teamwork.

We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.

Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement

Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.

Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable

The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers

We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.

The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.

More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity

Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.

Sign of a true leader - shares the knowledge with smile...

Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.

Some things are going to work, some aren't. But there's always something new going on, so it's fun to watch and see what's coming next.

Yesterday, President Obama prank-called a Washington radio station, calling himself 'Barry from D.C.' Then, just to mess with him, Obama called Glenn Beck's radio show as 'B. Hussein from Kenya.'

It's very simple... this banging around with a camera and typewriter as a business is just one helluva lot of fun.

Contrast the experience with something worse and you cannot help feeling happy and grateful because... The change from trouble to comfort gives us more pleasure than uninterrupted comfort does.

You have a cough? Go home tonight, eat a whole box of Ex-Lax - tomorrow you'll be afraid to cough.

I live to serve. except the part about living...

perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque.

The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.