Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others.

Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?

The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations.

Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession.

Money is power in American politics. It always has been.

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.

In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims.

The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it.

People know elections, like television commercials, are not real.

Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.

Those who speak of progression but are afraid of change are self-repressed and therefore unable to reach any further than their eyes can already see.

Life is not judged just by the heart beats, but by the way you accept and overcome the challenges of life.

. . . they would rather sneer at us and be smug, because we 'fail' to see what they are driving at. If indeed they are driving at anything--obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence.

When you're acting on TV, you want to keep it real.

The refuge from pessimism is the good men and women at any time existing in the world, -they keep faith and happiness alive.

I am very traditional as a man. I am not modern and never have been. I think I was born 50 years of age and out of my time.

Time is too large, it can't be filled up. Everything you plunge into it is stretched and disintegrates.

We should wear whatever we think looks nice and wear it with confidence. That will put you in a good mood and I think it will lead to an abundant society

My two style icons are Edie Sedgwick and Brigitte Bardot.

I have the possibility to watch Messi in training each morning, and because of what he demonstrates he is the best player in the world