Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Democracy is no easy form of government. Few nations have been able to sustain it. For it requires that we take the chances of freedom; that the liberating play of reason be brought to bear on events filled with passion; that dissent be allowed to make its appeal for acceptance; that men chance error in their search for the truth.

Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America's water pollution.

It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.

I love this city. If I'm elected, I will move the White House to San Francisco. I went to Fisherman's Wharf and they even let me into Allioto`s. It may be Baghdad by the Bay to you, but to me it's Resurrection City

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.