The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems.

I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics.

The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?

Well, purity - there's no purity in politics.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

Well there's nobody who has a more supportive husband than I do, and he has a business that he runs, and it's his own business, so he has work to do, my kids have school to do, I mean, people have - there are other things in life besides politics.

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.

I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.