Our political press has just been captured by trivia.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

Are you planning to kiss me?' Aedan asked.'No.' Emroy wrinkled a pimply nose.'Then why are you standing so close?' Aedan's tone was perfect innocence.

Oh, the quiet moments alone with God I sacrificed in order to cross a few things off the to-do list I worshiped.

Whereas the insufficiency of a love neither sustained nor supreme cannot be ignored, the same should not be taken as cause to avoid one's total spiritual contractual engagement to this world.

All my friends' mothers were appalling women.

Work travel for me, which is - I hate to say it - more enjoyable now that I have kids.

The greatest satisfaction is not the decoration. It is knowing that I am able to help someone who needs help.

When I listen to gospel singers pouring their heart out to God, it's the act of pouring their hearts out that interests me.

The character of giving advice often makes us accountable for the conduct of those we advise.

What is the extinction of a condor to a child who has never seen a wren?

In the finished article, the only thing that is important is whether it moves you or not. There is nothing else that is important at all.