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The key word about The West Wing is show. It is not a reality show. It has nothing to do with reality.

Don't invade Iraq. Inspections work, war won't.

We are the generation that brought the bomb in. We have got to be the generation that should take it out.

I think President Clinton was probably the brightest President of the 20th century.

It is my pleasure to support a candidate who truly reflects our values and highest ideals.

It is my pleasure to support a candidate who truly reflects our values and highest ideals.

What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch.

I do it because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are.

War at this time and in this place is unwelcome, unwise, and simply wrong.

Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church.

Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.

Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.

On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables; we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn't left to the wealthy and privileged.

Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.

I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.

I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother.

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.

We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the horrible poverty of the Third World... and the poverty in the United States as well.

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.

What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch.