The "trickle-down" theory: the principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving the rich bigger meals.

No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.

Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.

A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force.

Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II

If love is blind, patriotism has lost all five senses.

Change comes from a degree of discomfort that allows for and spurs thought and action.

Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion clinics?

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.

plantitIt will sproutBut forget about the rustic festivitiesFor the explosive word falls harmlessly eternal throughthe compact generations

Living in Hell kept him aware of the possibility of Heaven, and he’d never felt more alive.

Contemplation in life is more important than bullshit. So enjoy Silence.

I don't expect that because I was successful in one field that I will then get a ride of passage into another.

Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.

It's really hard to take that step-not only do I believe in something, I believe in it enough that I'm willing to set my own life on fire and burn it to the ground.

Both of us were quiet with the recognition that something was ending, and something was beginning.

Sometimes we need to be apart to understand just how much we truly love each other .

Keep your hope in the Lord and your eyes focused on the hope of Heaven, not just on the here and now.

Values determine behavior; Principles determine the consequences of behavior.