"Let us each embrace our moral authority, let us each embrace our humanity, let us each embrace our responsibility — and insist in every way within our means: No more human and civil rights violations; no more hatred and inhumane treatment toward hard-working immigrants and their families; no more killing and maiming. No more Iraq war." — April 29, 2006, speaking at an anti-war rally at the Salt Lake City-County Building.

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"We won't be quiet. We will continue to resist the lies, the deception, the outrages of the Bush administration and this complacent, complicit, go-along Congress. We will insist that peace be pursued, and that, as a nation, we help those in need. We must break the cycle of hatred, of intolerance, of exploitation. We must pursue peace as vigorously as the Bush administration has pursued war. It's up to every single one of us to do our part." — Aug. 30, 2006, during the "We the People for Peace and Justice" rally at Washington Square.

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"Unless city residents have access to clean air and water and are protected from potential environmental catastrophes like global warming, our other efforts as a city count for little over the long term." — Jan. 16, 2007, during his final State of the City address.

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"As mayor of the capital city of the reddest state in the nation, I am proud to join with millions of good, patriotic Americans who are standing up and willing to raise their voices against this madness. We are here today to say, 'No more!' No more Iraq war!" — Jan. 27, 2007, speaking during an anti-war demonstration at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

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"Never before has there been such a compelling case for impeachment and removal from office of the president of the United States." — March 1, speaking to Washington state lawmakers.

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"As patriots, we love and support our country, and we will not support a president who harms our nation and its people. Our love for our nation, our regard for our Constitution, brings us here today to call for the impeachment of a president who has done, and continues to do, such tremendous harm to our country." — March 17, 2007, speaking at the Pentagon during a rally for impeachment of President Bush.

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"President Bush is a war criminal. He has blatantly violated relevant treaties and constitutional provisions in leading the U.S. to a so-called 'pre-emptive' war against Iraq, without any justification in law or in fact. He must be held accountable, through impeachment and removal from office, or the many violated treaties and constitutional provisions are nothing more than paper and pretense." — March 19, 2007, speaking at a Salt Lake City rally marking the four-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

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"It's been something I've wanted to do for many years. The more I read about failures in public policy, the clearer it is to me that the lack of an organizing mechanism to bring people together and allow people to have an effective voice is the core of why we've seen so little done in these areas." — Nov. 1, 2007, speaking about his startup nonprofit organization, HumanKind Education Fund Inc., for the education and advocacy of human rights and climate-change issues.