Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'
Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down.
Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.
My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'
No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.
The nature of freedom of choice is that some people will misuse their responsibility and hurt themselves in the process. We should do our best to educate them, but without diminishing choice for everyone else.