We're in a battle for our lives for things that really matter to us. There's a shell game going on like I've never seen before.

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!

Being the soothsayer of the tribe is a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

I want to do public speaking and cause campaigning. I want to write a book.

Oh, that fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

The real crucial link in the international exchange is the last three feet, which is bridged by personal contact, one person talking to another.

I feel like if you're in Jersey, you have to be a Jersey Devils fan. Anybody born within the confines of the border of the state of New Jersey, I feel, should be a Jersey Devils fan.

Look to see what you most desire in your life, then ride that feeling all the way to creation.

So there's only one tactic for the state: kill the seers.

Personal matters aren't really any of my business. I don't care who is sleeping with whom for example unless it is somehow affecting an individual's performance in the public arena.

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.