It is not the role of Congress to decide legal cases between private parties. That is why we have courts.

The forces that have worked hard to stoke populist anger against reform are the very ones that benefit from a health system which puts profits ahead of quality care for its patients.

If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms that the flag represents.

Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free.

Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations.

Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.

Thousands die each year because they are uninsured or under-insured.

We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation.

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government.

While the notion that torture works has been glorified in television shows and movies, the simple truth is this: torture has never been an effective interrogation method.

Despite countless prayers for Joseph to be safe, God said no. His plan remains a mystery. I have had to accept that mystery and trust Him in the dark.

Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. Theyve been a laboratory for everybody.

A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy.

An ecological approach to the economy is about having enough, not having more.

Self-respect,--the corner-stone of all virtue.

When I did the cover of 'Cosmo International,' Turkey picked it up and I got a lot of backlash for it.

It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.

If you listen to your own voice, unknown friends will come and seek you.

I was a bookish kid, not really athletic.

Most important, don't do anything you don't want.