We have to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top. That means we need new jobs, good jobs, with rising incomes.

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.

The lustful glances thrown his way made me wish he wasn’t such a damned bowl of eye candy."- Cat re: Bones

A library implies an act of faith.

A man is only as strong as the woman who holds him.

If you look at the person that someone chooses to have a relationship with, you'll see what they think of themselves.

A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.

It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are.

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd.

The most difficult of enterprises is to secure the cooperation of others in enterprises those others did not think of first.

To be constantly changing one's plans isn't decision at all-it's indecision.

Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded little jerk [...]