I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them.

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.

The effectiveness of your life is determined by how much impact you make

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.

Mr President, I have decided not to speak the entire speech which I have.

I have become that mother I used to dread.

A philosopher may deplore the eternal discords of the human race, but he will confess, that the desire of spoil is a more rational provocation than the vanity of conquest.

Fortunately New Zealand doesn't have land borders so we are able to be somewhat more rigorous on who gets in and out of our country than perhaps some people.

I was the youngest of five, and I think my mother always knew I was meant to be an actress.

The best thing you can do is go away from this saying, 'I can do this too,' because it's all possible and I'm living proof.

Male initiation does not move toward machoism; on the contrary, it moves toward achieving a cultivated heart before we die.

Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.