Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting.

In the 21st century, you have to use technology as one of the tools in the toolkit to bring about social change.

To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that is the aim of what I do.

Network technology has irrevocably changed campaigning and elections. It has the potential to transform governance and the workings of our democracy for the better.

The same technologies enabling us to work together at a distance are creating the expectation to do better at governing ourselves.

How can the most cruel and despicable create something as breathtaking beautiful as this?

You have to travel to see new light, find new hope, renew the mind and revitalize the soul.

I’m not going to be part of this, ” said Leo. He opened his hand and dropped the flowers. Fragrant, obedient, they beheaded themselves on Saina’s salvaged-wood floors.

Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object

Islam is not just a religion. Islam is everything.

There really wasn't an environmental movement 30 years ago. The Sierra Club national office in 1969 consisted of one full-time volunteer.

When you reach the top, you should remember to send the elevator back down for the others.

She was not crying Which surprised me very much But I understand now That she had found places For her melancholy That were behind more masks Than only her eyes

In politics, as in womanizing, failure is decisive. It sheds its retrospective gloom on earlier endeavor which at the time seemed full of promise.

I often wonder if I was destined to be a composer. I think I decided and I followed my star.