I think we're all safer when the police respect the communities they're supposed to serve, and the communities respect the law.

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.

I'm ending this.''No. Come on. It's not worth it.''You are, ' he said fiercely, looking at her.'You're worth it.

Ah, but I was so much older thenI’m younger than that now

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.

It is not what happens to you that matters

Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival.

You are a preacher! Maybe not with your mouth all the time like me, but as a believer in Christ, your life is a living sermon.

I do not follow closely anymore, since there is a limit to how much heartsickness one can bear.

I wanted the truth, and I wanted the news, and I'd be damned before I settled for anything less.

Muslim societies must leave behind these dual aspects: secularism/Islamism.

All forgiveness is self forgiveness.