The Pentagon is supposed to be under civilian control and it ought to be up to the people of the United States, not the profiteers.

The United States is a rogue state violating international law in many, many ways that California wouldn't have to if it seceded and became a nation.

Activism has always been the driving force for change.

I think almost everything important that's ever happened was unimaginable shortly before it happened. Good things and bad things: ending slavery, ending child labor, women voting, etc.

No other nation killed people the way the United States did to end slavery.

California as a nation or part of a larger West Coast nation, should other states join with California, would be a good influence on the rest of the United States.

The United States has been becoming worse year after year after year for decades, and it's guaranteed to continue down that path if we don't change something.

Many militarists would like to see California's votes vanish from the national electoral system, which would then become more Republican.

Climate change is so unimaginable that most Americans deny it's happening.

I think the election of Donald Trump, if you want to call it an election, was unimaginable to most people, which is part of how it happened.

Imagine Jon Stewart if he gave a damn. He's like Howard Zinn after 12 beers.

I think there's a lot to be learned from pop culture. But at the same time I see the dangers of using it in an exclusive way to construct meaning in your life.

What, then, remains but that we still should cry, For being born, and, being born, to die?

In French you say, "I'm alone against the world" and that means "I hate everybody and everybody's against me."

Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.

Once you acknowledge that reality is not your enemy, it will no longer be your enemy.

It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.

My lad chewed and swallowed a dictionary. We gave him Epsom salts - but we can't get a word out of him.

If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.

Balancing your budget is like protecting your virtue. You have to learn when to say no.

He brings something special. I don't know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn't understand his answer.