The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it.

I leave abortion to the woman. I just fundamentally end there. I absolutely support a woman's right to choose.

If there's a clear genocide somewhere, don't we really want to positively impact that kind of a situation? Isn't that what we're all about? Isn't that what we've always been about?

I'm outraged that we're building roads, schools, and hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that we're doing it with borrowed money from China that we're paying interest on. I'm outraged.

One thing I've learned is when you find a best friend in this life, you better hang on.

My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an experience of presence and wholeness that could carry me through whatever losses might come.

It's an old trick now, God knows, but it works every time. At the very moment women start to expand their place in the world, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home.

What I've learned is that life is a balance between idealism and realism.