I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

You never fully get over [losing a presidential campaign]. But I've had a good life. I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.

We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost

Every program that ever helped working people, from rural electrification to Medicare, was enacted by liberals over the opposition of conservatives. When people tell me they don't like liberals, I ask, "Do you like Social Security? If so, then shut up!"

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.

Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.