“The worst thing that can happen in a democracy – as well as in an individual’s life – is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.”

In my family, we were Americans, we were Republicans and we were Methodists.

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.

We believe strongly that the road to peace and two states living side by side does not go through New York, it goes through Jerusalem and Ramallah.

Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women don’t.

I believe in a zone of privacy.

It’s so much more fun to watch FOX when it’s someone else being blitzed & sacked!

There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I have many, many old friends, and I always think that it`s important, when you get into politics, to have friends you had before you were in politics and to understand what`s on their minds.

We’ll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist.

Our prisons and our jails are now our mental health institutions

You know, my view is that we have a big world out there.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

I always run inclusive and successful organisations.

Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.

Don’t confuse having a career with having a life.

Gay rights are human rights.

Not all Democrats are the same.

For me, democratic socialism is about – really, the value for me is that I believe that in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person in America should be too poor to live.

Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.

This is the democratic process at work, What you’re seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.

Democrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers – that is what should be happening in America.

The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.