This is what I would ask of the American people, and that is, and the media does not do this terribly often - put things in contact.

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.

What my campaign is about is a political revolution - millions of people standing up and saying, enough is enough. Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the hand full of billionaires.

An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.

It's better to show up than to give up.

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%.

Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.

It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.

The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.

What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children.

Those see nothing but faults that seek for nothing else.

It's much more straightforward to get finance when you have an Oscar.

We should recognize that women become mothers the moment they are pregnant.

It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.

My knowledge of Abuja is not as deep as my knowledge of Lagos.

Life has become unbearable ... Forgive me.

I still think about that one Jamiroquai video a lot.

God is working on your problem. Stay calm. Stay sweet. Stay out of fear and keep on keeping on.

I'm always pursuing knowledge; I'm a seeker of spiritual equilibrium - and music is a big part of that.

I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.