Tonight we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers or the power of our military or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress because once you are truly educated you will not ask for power. You will take it.

Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame but probably only for this reason that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich because there are more of them and the will of the majority is supreme.

The places I visit in any given week are my home so when I'm somewhere that feels good to me it's a real game changer. If a place causes me to have a strong reaction be it positive or negative it'll often find its way into my music.

At the last Celebration I spoke before an auditorium full of people and I could just feel the affection and the positive feelings that they were exuding. It was actually moving. I remember thinking 'I'm not worthy ' because 'Star Wars' is so much bigger than all of us.

Positivity that's one of the things I try to spread throughout my company and really anyone I come in contact with. Because as you know life's too short. You got to keep it positive and keep it fun.

College was especially sweet because of the positive hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.

We made happy sounds because we were upset... just trying to make a positive situation out of a negative one.

The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own environment.

I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district.

Nobody could've ever known I was positive because I didn't know.

But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago.

Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind.

When I was campaigning I told the people if nothing happens under my mandate it will still be a positive thing because my mandate will be used as a rupture between the past and the future.

I just hope it grows into where it was before because I want my son to see it. I want him to have a positive memory of it going forward so he can be proud of his daddy.