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. The leaders are the ones who make the decisions. The soldiers do not have the choice. I support the soldiers as human beings.

The key word about The West Wing is show. It is not a reality show. It has nothing to do with reality.

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

There is no greater virtue than honesty.

We never get over our fathers, and we’re not required to. (Irish Proverb)

Once you follow a path of nonviolence and social justice, it won't take you long before you come into conflict with the culture, with the society. You can't know what is at stake or how much it is going to cost you until you get in the game. That's the only way, and the level of cost is equal to the level of involvement.

We have to fight for something. It has to cost us. Our lives, our faith, have to cost us something; otherwise we're left to question its value.