Under Bill Clinton we had a roaring economy that looked really good.

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away.

Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy.

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.

I think that bias is not a fixed thing. It's not as though some people are biased and others are not. It ebbs and flows. It can be manipulated. It changes according to a person's circumstances.

We will have a more just society as soon as we want one.

We have all the information in the universe at our fingertips, while our most basic problems go unsolved year after year...All around, we see dazzling technological change, but no progress.

Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective.

We all know who Donald Trump's talking to.

Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.

Twitter is crack for media addicts.

We danced with the devil with demons in our heart.

Philosophy is the abstract art of thoughts and perceptions that form colors of words and languages that paint the canvas of our minds.

Inner renewal begins with repent heart.

There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the crossroads of history and must choose which way to go.

The only way to look at men is like they're electrons. They have all these charges sticking out, and they're always looking for a hole where they can put those charges.

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

Sherrod Brown and President Obama have lost the faith of Jewish Democrats.

You shouldn’t say I can’t until you’ve tried.

When I was a kid doing television, they'd stick a leather jacket on me, and I would be the thug.

Oh fine. I'll play nice with the pretty people.