It's not enough to be in the majority, you have to stand for something.

It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.

That's what I like about you, senator, you're kicking it old-school.

The Democrats were in the majority in the U.S. Senate when we voted for the Iraq war and passed the U.S. Patriot Act. It's not enough to be in the majority, you have to stand for something.

It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution.

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.

Congress has lost its way if we don't hold this President accountable for his actions.

Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.

Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.

I'm proud to be a Democrat.

We have art in order not to die of the truth.

Love is the creative force of this universe.

Children are like soft petals. One wrong pluck and they are damaged forever.

People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly.

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.

To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.

Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.

The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.

Law it is . . . which hears without ears, sees without eyes, moves without feet and seizes without hands.

I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want.