[Illegal immigration] costs the taxpayers of the United States a lot of money. And it's unfair to Americans who are working every day to pay their own bills. It's also unfair to a lot of people who have waited in line for years and years in other countries to be legal immigrants.

My only enemy is right-wing religious fundamentalism.

I figured if I could get really good people who were going to be able to have a big impact in the world over the next decade to come together once a year for ten years and actually sign a pledge to take action themselves, if we did that every year for ten years we could do a lot of good in the world. That's the difference between my meeting and any other. If you don't want to promise to do something, don't come to my meeting, stay home.

On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget?

It is pretty hard to talk about responsibility unless you have exercised it yourself.

I have always believed that the decision to have an abortion generally should be between a woman, her doctor, her conscience, and her God.

When personal freedom's being abused, you have to move to limit it.