I want to reassure our allies in Japan and South Korea and elsewhere that we have mutual defense treaties and we will honor 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.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

Upon my word, Emma, to hear you abusing the reason you have, is almost enough to make me think so too. Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.

Not being busy is something I worry about, but I think work begets work.

Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths

Alexia abhorred hypocrisy, especially when munitions were involved.

Why are a 'wise man' and a 'wiseguy' opposites?

Bosnia is a country of hatred and fear.

I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.

I really like oysters, and I won't eat them alone. They're just a weird thing to eat by yourself.

Writing is an incessant process of discovery.