The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.

It was not just inappropriate behavior

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures.

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing.

When you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority.

When I say be skeptical of everything I mean it. Just because someone was elected to do a job doesn't mean that person has any idea of what they're doing.