Men's reproduction isn't regulated by the state -- and it shouldn't be. Neither should women's.

My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order.

Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure.

The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.

Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.

One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.

Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions.

I have never believed in the impossible.

The deal is that women have entered the workforce, but they have not been relieved of the domestic responsibilities.

Trust cannot, in the real world, be just a matter of personal choice.

It is the happiness that comes from within that is lasting and fulfilling.

I think the real risk comes in being willing to try to be authentic.

The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens.

Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger.

I'm a kind of private guy.

Now, because of this big backdrop that we've given ourselves, these little personal, human details take on a whole new context and give us opportunities for comedy.

Government employees are public servants and prohibited by the Constitution from inhibiting religious freedom, that is a far cry from sneaking around and into a church and acting like KGB agents.

Saying we can't afford to invest in early child development means we're storing up bigger costs in the future.

I think just the music industry sometimes is a very tough business. But still, if it's just something you just love dearly, you really can't just put it down.