We have Democrats saying dumb things every single day, and Republicans as well.

The truth of the matter is the tone is toxic here in Washington, and we have been exporting it around the country.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

I have family in Tanzania. I can't even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run across the road and elephants over in a pond and baboons running.

There is more power in unity than division.

Hope is the motivation that empowers the unemployed, enabling them to get out of bed every single morning with unbounded enthusiasm as they look for work.

We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides being members of the 'caustic caucus,' and we can't get anything done.

Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.

Let's do more than say the 'Pledge of Allegiance.' Let us live it!

[Raul Castro] is one of the most amazing human beings I've ever met.

Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.

The best leaders have the ability to align people to their vision and motivate them to work passionately towards its fulfillment as if it were their own.

One day of happiness is worth more than a lifetime of sorrow .... Under ordinary circumstances, jealousy is a suspicion to the person who excites it and degrading to the person who indulges it.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.

The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street.

To this day I still watch tons of horror.

In every photographer there is something of a stroller.

I do believe that [climate change] is real.

A person who is innocent is extremely humble.

If you don't want responsibility, don't sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility

I said in 2008 the media is dead in America. Journalism's dead.