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.

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.

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.

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

Life curses some poor people with the love of luxury, while it blesses some with the very same thing.

Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

People who mind don't matter. But people who matter don't mind.

People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.

From now on you must strive to cut out unnecessary movement. Waste in movement is wrong and will get you killed.

Bad faith makes the most of every ambiguity.

Only when human beings are able to perceive and acknowledge the Self in each other can there be real peace.

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.

First open your heart, then open your Bible.

The guy who's willing to hustle the most is gonna be the guy that just gets that loose ball.