The issue is not that morals be applied to public policy, it's that conservatives bring public policy to spheres of our lives where it should not enter.

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.

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.

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.

I believe that even our most abstract and philosophical views spring from an intensely personal base.

Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed.

More often than not, if you've got a good director and a good script you can't really go wrong.

The most important thing as a comic and a creator is to have a robust standpoint.

Scholes is the best English player. Intelligence, technique, strength... all the attributes are there. At Manchester United I saw what he could do on the training field. Phew!

There is a hidden message in every waterfall. It says, if you are flexible, falling will not hurt you!

I could care less what people think.

Yesterday is a memory and tomorrow is a dream. Today is the day to make your mark—to make a difference.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

The days followed one another patiently. Right back at the beginning of the multiverse they had tried all passing at the same time, and it hadn't worked.