I have always believed that national character... depends more on the female part of society than is generally imagined. Precepts from the lips of a beloved mother... sink deep in the heart, and make an impression which is seldom entirely effaced.

The events of my life are too unimportant, and have too little interest for any person not of my immediate family, to render them worth communicating or preserving.

The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

If I get to be president, what can I do anyway? With Congress and the press, what chance do I have to make basic changes?

The liberal fiscal spending of the 2004-08 period was made possible both by rising government revenues and national income growth and by relative comfort on the external side. After 2009,these pillars of growth began to wobble. By 2012, they were shaking.

You cannot be against a raise in the minimum wage and for cutting government assistance and still say that you are worried about the people living in poverty.

Unfortunately, many talented people in Hollywood find their values and politics do not reflect the content they create, and many movie themes are in direct contrast with over half of today's American families.