You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pre-text.

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!

Don't let your past dictate your future,

Maybe this is how it happened first for everyone —adults promising us their own failed future.

If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.

It's a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life.

I'm a last-minute shopper. I end up at the mall or somewhere on Christmas Eve. It's a shame.

Context shapes who you are.

we are all given the ingredients of happiness, but the mixing is left to ourselves.

The people’s good fortune is my misfortune!

Greed and selfishness do seem to be central motivators of mankind.

The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?