We were taught never to give up, never to passively accept fate, but to exhaust every last ounce of will and hope in the face of any challenge.

I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.

As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.

The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?

For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.

It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act.

The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not a cheerleader for an imperial presidency.

This thing that I created, this thing I made as a woman, for other women, is worth something. It's worth exactly the same as what a similar thing, built by a man, for men, is worth.

In the midst of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

It's really building Air America that I'm focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.

I really believed all this stuff - that I had to change the world.

I'd been a terrific student. I hadn't wasted a moment of my time in school, and I knew plenty about healing the troubled mind. But no one had taught me a thing about healing the soul

I cannot predict the wind but I can have my sail ready.

There are no accidents so unlucky but the prudent may draw some advantage from them.

The thing I don't get about paedophilia... Why the hell do kids find old men in dirty raincoats so sexy?

All of life is iterative. It goes back to the point I made earlier, which is you can't a priori know enough to even ask the right questions.

You'll be scandalized in the morning when you can think again.