We are all so privileged to be citizens of America, and we all need to be engaged.

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty.

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.

Politics takes patience, time, listening and endless meetings.

I've thought a lot about the world and how George Bush sees the world and it ain't even close.

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.

Life is the division of human cells, a process which begins at conception.