It's pretty rare to have CEOs or high level executives at big companies who are social activists. They tend not to be drawn to those areas of life.

One out of every 100 families in Vermont was a part owner of Ben and Jerry's.

When you are led by values, it doesn't cost your business, it helps your business.

It's good to stand for something, to believe in something and base your business on values.

Now, when we face a problem like global warming, and you understand that the biggest impacts on global warming come from business and industry, I think business needs to take a leading role.

Business can be a source of progressive change.

Look at your business and the activities that you undertake. Then, start to think about not just your economic concerns, but about social and environmental impacts that businesses have.

Businesses typically look at issues like price, quality, time of delivery. They don't often think about social and environmental impact because they're focused on their financial bottom line.

We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line.

If you support the community, they will support you.

If you open up the mind, the opportunity to address both profits and social conditions are limitless. It's a process of innovation.

In a moment, everything can change and in a moment, you can change everything.

You can't make a difference unless you are different.

Americans have the right to have their medical decisions made by them and their doctors, and not by those bureaucrats sitting behind a computer screen hundreds of miles away.

Illegal downloading, digital cheating, and cutting and pasting other people's stuff may be easy, but that doesn't make those activities right.

Character is our destiny.

The Devil is in the details, but so is salvation.

Patiently enduring some things is part of our mortal education.

Things said and done innocently should never be used as weapons.

Your wedding will not be what you think it is going to be, no matter what you think it is going to be.

Ah yes! Conservatives. Some of the finest minds of the 12th Century.