We do not need more division. We certainly do not need something as complex and emotional as Vietnam reduced to simple campaign rhetoric.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!

The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from.

When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty?

Beauty [is] a kind of radiance. People who possess a true inner beauty, their eyes are a little brighter, their skin a little more dewy. They vibrate at a different frequency.

If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God!

You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month.

A knowledge of different literatures is the best way to free one's self from the tyranny of any of them.

I am the presence standing here at this juncture of Time & Space- who else?

I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity.