I've always believed the world would be a better place if more people everywhere have a chance to shape their own future and realize their full potential. I think that is what life is about.

Change your leaders, not your light bulbs.

There is no substitute for face-to-face reporting and research.

Combating climate change requires government policy, and most conservatives hate the idea of more government regulation. Because they hate the prescription, they deny the diagnosis.

Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people.

I'm a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. But capitalism only works if you have safety nets to deal with people who are naturally left behind and brutalized by it.

Our kids are going to be so angry with us one day. We've charged their future on our Visa cards.