Liberalism doesn't speak to ideals. Radicalism does.

Whoever is holding the power says, "Yeah, let's keep things civil and quiet." Whoever's outside say's, "No, I'm not going to keep things civil and quiet, I'm going to bang on the door."

The Cold War was really the great struggle of the 20th Century and it shaped American political life from top to bottom.

What the Cold War did was provide a fairly clearly defined enemy and it's easy to organize around that.

Elite fundamentalism has always going to be involved with a certain set of conservative interests, but certainly not exclusively Republican.

Fundamentalism is a 20th-century phenomenon, but that kind of religious fervor actually has not always been associated with conservative goals.

There are real radical Muslim groups out there that really are pretty villainous. You don't have to make them up.

Liberals were just as engaged and using the rhetoric of a sort of a battle with the Soviets and with Communism in general, with an evil empire.

The Family is the oldest and arguably most influential religious political organization in Washington.

You can recruit the populace conservatism for the interests of corporate conservatism that the two things can be married into one unholy union.

Elite fundamentalism has always been on the corporate side of things.

Simple dreams are the hardest to come true

Though a lifetime of listening to the music of the world has passed, even now the tone of the rain on the roof of my home is the sweetest sound I have ever heard.

Complacency traps people and besiege them until longer period. The biggest challenge is to become aware of its existence and stepping out of it quickly.

One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name.

General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.

Which is scarier-- lust or temptation?

You will expect me to discuss the late election. Well, as nearly as I can learn, we did not have enough votes on our side.

I wish I could take what I'm feeling right now and put it in the water system, and we would all love each other.

I stopped asking a long time ago, "why would you want me to play that?" I'm an actor. That's what I do.

The skies were blue when I was coming up. I want my kids to have the same opportunity, if not better, than I had.