"I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged."

"If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them."

"As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable."

"I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation."

"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."

"The best road to progress is freedom's road."

"There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires."

"Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with."