Radical conservatives want to police bedrooms.

The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage.

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.

There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions.

America has become the most unequal society among advanced countries, and rich people are now free to spend as much money on political campaigns as they wish.

The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality fo result. Its equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference.

We're the richest economy in the history of the world. For the majority of Americans not to get the benefits of this extraordinarily prosperous economy, there's something fundamentally wrong.

Social change occurs when the gap between the ideals that people hold and the reality that they see every day gets too large.

We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what they ought to believe or how they should conduct their private lives.

It is a myth that higher taxes lead to less demand and slower growth. In the first three decades after World War II, US top tax rates on the wealthy were never below 70 percent.

The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters.

Even small gestures of kindness have the potential to reap enormous rewards. Only the shortsighted man believes otherwise.

Oh, poor, poor fellow!' said Mrs. Elliot with a remorse that was sincere, though her congratulations would not have been.

The prime minister is 12 years old. She looks after 20 goats in the morning, but she's prime minister in the evening.

You know honestly, I enjoy working with everyone because remember, these were all real pros that had been around the business a long time.

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

I don't have to prove anything to anyone. As a result, I am ready to take up again the characters who are closer to what I really am.

Everything we do has consequences.

I think when you're 25 you're still finding yourself, and you should have the freedom of that.

May those whose hell it is to hate and hurt be turned into lovers bringing flowers.