In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate.

America is a place where the freedom to be who you are shouldn't be a barrier to your ability to get a job and provide for your family.

Securing for gays and lesbians the basic right to have their relationships and families recognized as part of a community makes all of our communities stronger.

It is impossible to understand the financial health of big financial institutions and their potential impact on the market. They don't even understand it themselves.

It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for an entity in formation.

In 'Blood Work,' they made choices I wouldn't have made, but I'm not a filmmaker. I took the money, and they told the story.

You need a president whom you can trust, someone who will not steal your money, a president who is sincere, brave and just.

I had seen the financial crisis unfold, and I had seen the credit derivatives market get operationally ahead of itself, which resulted in systemic risk counterparty exposures. I began to believe that distributed ledgers had the capability to tackle that problem.