It's a cliche that the Senate is broken, and like most cliches, it's true.

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away.

Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy.

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.

I think that bias is not a fixed thing. It's not as though some people are biased and others are not. It ebbs and flows. It can be manipulated. It changes according to a person's circumstances.

We will have a more just society as soon as we want one.

We have all the information in the universe at our fingertips, while our most basic problems go unsolved year after year...All around, we see dazzling technological change, but no progress.

Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective.

We all know who Donald Trump's talking to.

Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.

Twitter is crack for media addicts.

He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew.

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none

I don't want...to run away by myself... because no matter what...I'd rather be together with everyone...

You know why I got involved in politics? The government is now a majority partner in my life. I am now a minority partner in my own life.

The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!

The idea that the UN system could provide real leadership on the great development challenges will strain credulity in some quarters.

Our prayers cannot force God to do anything, but He uses them as His own instruments to bring about His will.

Don’t be overwhelmed . . . take it one day and one prayer at a time.

A struggle, to the person experiencing it, is a struggle.