I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it.

We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the horrible poverty of the Third World... and the poverty in the United States as well. We have our own Third World here. And we have to first become aware of that and how to help and solve that.

I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.

I love The West Wing for many reasons. The show has been a fantasy. But we have offered a parallel universe to reality.

People, although having their own cross to carry, can minister to others through their own pain.

I think most actors rarely get the opportunity to play something really close to you and speaks to something you deeply believe.

I am not the president; instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.