"I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA."

"The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible."

"I believe climate change is real and that we can save our planet while creating millions of good-paying clean energy jobs."

"If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval."

"Somebody had said how only 15 paisa of the one rupee sent from the Centre reached the intended beneficiaries. The job of a leader isn't just to diagnose the disease but to treat it"

"I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations."