Our individual fates are linked our futures intertwined

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.

America has no functioning democracy at this moment.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

It's what we do, we continue on. Yet, what is the point? There is nothing ahead of us when there is nothing left of us.

Life is but words.

Oh how daily life is. (Ah que la vie est quotidienne.)

It is astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen.

I have a Stella McCartney Adidas sports bra. I feel like I'm totally comfortable running. No problem. I have support where I need it.

The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods.

'Tis the night - the night Of the grave's delight.

If you have freedom of speech, you have freedom of speech.

Actors tend to be quite good at getting on with people. If you’re an arsehole, people don’t want to work with you. You won’t get hired Well, there are a few arseholes.

I have been consistent by staying true to who I am and will continue to sing the type of songs that those who have continued to support my career expect from me.