Ninth generation American, ma'am, and I'm the first one in my family born with all my rights. I'm a ninth generation American. And so we have not escaped because I went to Yale all the problems of this country.

I would argue that we have a patriotic duty to move toward energy independence and clean energy. It is a matter of national security - energy security, climate security, economic security, job security, everything.

You don't get fewer followers saying outrageous stuff on Twitter.

There's the God within and the God without, and you have to attend to the alignment of the two of them.

All humans have fear, and those of us who are fortunate have faith.

The problem isn't that the green jobs aren't sexy enough. It's that they're not plentiful enough. A young person looking for a job isn't looking just for a sexy job, they're looking for any job.

Playing the villain gets you higher ratings on reality TV and saying outrageous stuff on Twitter gets you more followers.