“Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.”

A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.

It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.

It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.

When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.

While we breathe, we will hope.

I’m a warrior for the middle class.

The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women

The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women

You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.

You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.

No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom’. If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.

One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.

It is strange that sword and words have the same letters. Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.

Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.

They say it’s just a calendar. But we all know something changes.

Change is the nature of life but challenge is the future of life. So challenge the changes. Never change the challenges.

Sometimes we can trace our fears through the actions we take, and sometimes it’s the actions we’re reluctant to take

You don’t really get to choose who you fall in love with. Love chooses you.

Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.

If you don’t have peace, it isn’t because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.