I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning killing.

No one is going to question my commitment to the defence of our nation. I don't know what it is these Republicans, who didn't serve in any war, have against those of us who are Democrats who did.

If we can't have a serious conversation without politicizing it on cable TV and making it a scoring point for one day, we're in trouble.

The oceans themselves are threatened and life itself, therefore, and the planet is threatened because of it.

There are issues of war and peace. And then, there are issues of life and death like this one that are no less morally compelling than war itself.

I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.

Think about this: terrorism, epidemics, poverty, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction-all challenges that know no borders-the reality is that climate change ranks right up there with every single one of them.