My first call is to the prime minister of New Zealand, who said that her goal is to make New Zealand the place where it's the best place in the world for a child to grow up, and I would tell her 'Girlfriend, you are so wrong, because the United States of America is going to be the best place in the world for a child to grow up,'.

Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson (born July 8, 1952) is a spiritual activist, author, lecturer and founder of The Peace Alliance, a grass roots campaign supporting legislation currently before Congress to establish a United States Department of Peace. She is also the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. She has published nine books, including four New York Times #1 bestsellers. Her newest book, THE AGE OF MIRACLES:Embracing the New Midlife was published in January 2008 and spent five weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Her latest professional venture is a weekly radio show on "Oprah and Friends", which airs on XM radio

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