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The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.
The Mexicans are not going to build the wall... they're not going to do it.
I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted to be.
Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table.
When a library is open, no matter its size or shape, democracy is open, too.
How can those of us who are parents help our children recognize their bliss?
The United States spends more money on African aid than any nation on earth.
[Martin Luther] King subpoened the nation's conscience. He was killed for it.
I'm the front man, I'm the man on camera, but there's a whole team beyond me.
There's no job that will humble you like the White House press secretary job.
Women have to be the biggest champions in the world of other women's choices.
It is an apple full of worms compared to an apple that's fresh and delicious.
In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.
A safety net for the poor indeed requires some level of income redistribution.
You don't tell us how to stage the news and we don't tell you how to cover it.
A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.
In survey after survey, the Iraqi people say, 'We want to choose our leaders.'
We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term.
By and large, people are sort of technologically averse in the political space.
If it takes talking about unpleasant truths to change Washington, then so be it.
We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do.
I think that having love in your life does open up doors and other possibilities.
I respect all women who came before me to blaze trails into the workplace for us.
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. I have several stands around here.
American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President.
You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people.
There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.
Take any job, get started and stop with the video games and pot. I'm not for that.
I've traveled to many countries in Africa, and to me, Benin felt the most hopeful.
The Gulf War is responsible for the huge and horrifying rise in Islamic terrorism.
President Barack Obama would do well to take a page or two from Clinton's playbook.
My biggest point to everybody is you have a responsibility to build your own network.
If Bush wins, I'm going to leave the country and spend the rest of my life in France.
We do not sponsor any form of terrorism anywhere in the world. Never have, never will
Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.
I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite my deficiencies.
Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source.
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism.
I think there is room out there to show the grace and dignity of women like Laura Bush.
I lost two of the greatest men I've ever known to assassination - and a son to suicide.
Find the video that has been so offensive to Muslims to be disgusting and reprehensible.
I was one of the first people to learn that Jackie was going to marry Aristotle Onassis.
I asked a couple of months ago if anyone would like to start picketing the gas stations.
Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise.
Given the chance to throw off a brutal dictator like Saddam Hussein, people will rejoice.
Humans can make friends easily if they are open to it and are interested in other people.
When I came to town and saw the price of diesel went above regular gas, that burnt me up.
Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.
The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.
It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.