I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

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.

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!

This fight against drilling in the Arctic Refuge is a fight about our principles. Its about standing up for our environment, our families and our future, and I wont give up this fight.

What's going on?" Newt asked, looking back and forth between Thomas and Aris. "Why're you guys looking at each other like you just fell in love?

I was a poet. I had no expectations other than creating a world of art with words that would live on long after I was gone.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

Where would we be without inhibitions? Theyre quite useful things when you look at some of the things humans do if they lose them.

People who seek attention, need all the help they can get.

You check into the hotel and see you're booked for seven nights. But you know you might be leaving in a day or two. It's exciting for the fans. But you're on edge. And you're on edge the whole round.

The liberation of the human mind has never been furthered by dunderheads.

I think with each record, I don't know ... they're like burdens.

Unreasoning prejudices are bred out of the continual living in the past

The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days.