Peace is a condition of the heart. It's a state of mind, of tranquility, of calmness, and of centeredness. It's an understanding of the reciprocal nature of love, a presence, a journey. It's all of our aspirations. Peace is not a luxury or merely the absence of war, it's a kind of grace - which we're all entitled to as people who are alive. Peace is an active presence of the capacity for a higher evolution of human awareness.

2,074 pages isn't nearly enough to cover health care for America.

Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home.

Fear is a weapon of mass destruction.

I believe health care is a civil right.

When you're talking about Iraq and oil, you're talking about a mess, no matter who's in charge.

But beyond all that, the question that is continually begged is why isn't America leading the way toward total abolition of nuclear weapons.