“A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those...”

“If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as gender or skin color...”

“Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly...”

“Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. Fo...”

“In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism with the same strength and...”

“The traditional religious right's failure to restore public-school prayer or pass an antiabortion constitutional amendment has lik...”

“That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good....”

“Sooner and later you will see great changes made, dreadful horrors and vengeances. For as the Moon is thus led by its angel, the h...”

“I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.”

“It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm bas...”

“You can make a board for all the goals you want in your life with the pictures on it, and that's great, daydreaming is wonderful,...”

“The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was p...”