“Sometimes there is a difference in what is legal and what ought to be done.”

We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.

Today’s possibilities are not tomorrows guarantees.

Abortion should not only be safe and legal, it should be rare.

You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.

Everybody counts, everybody deserves a chance, everybody has a responsible role to play and we all do better when we work together.

Let’s create an integrated global community where we have shared benefits and responsibilities, and we don’t fight because of our differences.

We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.

Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.

If you want to have a good life you have to have some constructive outlet for your feelings.

I misled people, including even my wife.

Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.

Any president that lies to the American people should have to resign.

The Constitution is a radical document, it is the job of the government to rein in people’s rights.

I am trying to be honest with you and it hurts me. Now.

When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.

Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.

Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.

What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.

So whatever you want to do, just do it… Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.

This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.

Accident is simply unforeseen order.

Take action once a day to do something that ignites your life.

Wouldst thou know thyself, observe the actions of others. Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.