I couldn't join a party that, frankly, tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists.

You cannot be against embryonic stem cell research and be intellectually and therefore morally consistent, if you're not also against in vitro fertilization.

He never stopped wanting to save the world.

Religion may indeed inspire acts of great kindness and courage. But it also trains people to believe things for which there is no evidence. This makes religion's intrusion into the political sphere all the more troubling.

Stem cell research can revolutionize medicine, more than anything since antibiotics.

People who believe they are acting with the mandate of God, who see others who don't share their beliefs as inferior in the eyes of God, make dangerous leaders. Just ask Osama Bin Laden.

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.