"Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product."

"When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world."

"Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong."

"In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics."

"The seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it."

"Reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it."