Bush senior used to say that we have more will than wallet. So he urged the country to attack poverty with a thousand points of light, none of which could be eaten.

The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.

The Moral Majority supports legislators who oppose abortions but also oppose child nutrition and day care. From their perspective, life begins at conception and ends at birth.

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually.

These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis.

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources which reinforce their opinions and give them the facts that they want to hear.

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more outraged that they won't be able to be outraged anymore.

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.

A pure belief can not be forced on human's heart.If it could, no need for terms such as 'I've told you'.

Great faith, great hope and great courage.

Vengeance is pointless, but certain men did not have a place in the world we sought to construct

...when a reporter is quoting Sid Blumenthal on president Bush, you know he's scraping the barrel.

Peter's face clouded. "Everything comes at a price. Or have you not learned that yet?

When you set aside the mantle of control in the painting process, images arise from ancient layers of the psyche.

Best there is... past, present and future! Ohhhhh yeahhhh!

Every single morning you wake up with the opportunity to be yourself, or be the idea of someone else. For me it is all about... my favourite mantra is: "You do you. I do me. They do they."

I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting . . . it was the start of a new Arab world.. The Berlin Wall has fallen.