What we need now is not just a regime change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a regime change in the United States.

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!

As a writer of philosophy, it's good to ask oneself, 'Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or even years?

Dare to make wishes. The fulfillment of your wishes is possible.

She held out her hands, cupped and holding a small plant.'The power to heal is the power to destroy, ' she said with the faintest smile.

We also self-inflict violence, because violence is our only way of relating to the world, to others and to ourselves.

Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing.

Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.

I feel Amazon is really bringing films into the future. So for me it was the best of both worlds.