Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.

All of us deserve a greater peace of mind knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made between patriotism which is attachment to a way of life and nationalism which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life.

I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature and it should be displaced. Failing that I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources.

Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.

I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled and thanks to money and fame I didn't have to go far to find them.

Men seldom or rather never for a length of time and deliberately rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.

You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan deserve to come back to 21st century medical care.