The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.

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.

Experience is the opposite of education.

Camp fires, like red, peculiar blossoms, dotted the night.

I love letters from little kids. Adults never proclaim themselves 'your #1 fan!

Emotionally, I was just a mess. But it’s such a long recovery period that you have to come to terms with it. You can’t cry the whole time until you get back on the field.

If I'd been born ugly, you'd never have heard of Pelé.

The United States ranks 14th in the world in education. Even if we subtract Sarah Palin's test scores, it only bumps us to third. Damn you, Finland!

The ethical argument regarding abortion hinges on the question of when life begins. Some believe life begins at forty.

You have to check out 'March of the Penguins'. Penguins are the really ideal example of monogamy.

I love my job very much, and I don't think I would change it. In fact, I know I wouldn't, because I can't do anything else.

It bums me out tremendously what the church has become, and if it's got me bummed, imagine what Jesus Christ must be feeling.