The only wealth I have to give, is not material - and if you need much more than that, I'm not available.

Our lives are a mixture of different roles. Most of us are doing the best we can to find whatever the right balance is . . . For me, that balance is family, work, and service.

Sometimes, in public life, people ask inappropriate, off-the-wall kinds of questions, don't they?

You know, we can't keep talking about our dependence on foreign oil, and the need to deal with global warming, and the challenge that it poses to our climate and to God's creation, and just let business as usual go on. And that means something has to be taken away from some people.

We're living in a technological world. You cannot tell me we can't do a better job getting that information.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

We need a cost-effective, high-quality health care system, guaranteeing health care to all of our people as a right.