Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.

A leader can`t move a country that`s not ready. You can`t make the waves, but when you see them coming, you can help direct them.

Ridicule is about the most powerful weapon possible.

I wouldn't want [gay marriage] to go to the United States Supreme Court now because that homophobe Antonin Scalia has too many votes on this current court.

Ronald Reagan believes in the free market like some people believe in unicorns.

The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to your congressman but to come out.

Donald Trump has done more for getting people to understand the importance of public policy that respond to public needs in an affirmative way than anything we could have done on our own.