There was something horrifying in the realization that, in this twenty-first century of what we call 'civilization,' we have carved up what we claim ….

The pretense in disputed elections is that the great conflict is between the two major parties. The reality is that there is a much bigger conflict t….

Where progress has been made, wherever any kind of injustice has been overturned, it’s been because people acted as citizens, and not as politicians.….

The future is an infinite succession of presents..

That chain of relationships made me think of how connections are made--you read a book, you meet a person, you have a single experience, and your lif….

If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates..

The only hope lies in the fact that the American people - like people everywhere - are basically decent people with common sense..

If patriotism were defined, not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags and anthems, but rather as love of one's country….

The establishment, whatever rewards it gives us, will also, if necessary to maintain it's control, kill us.

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war..

The democratic principle, enunciated in the words of the Declaration of Independence, declared that government was secondary, that the people who est….

Even if you assume presidents were democratically elected they still have no right to keep secrets from the American people..

When a nation issues ultimatums, it leaves no room for compromise and ensures that war will continue..

Control in modern times requires more than force, more than law. It requires that a population dangerously concentrated in cities and factories, whos….

The really critical thing isn't who's sitting in he White House, but who is sitting in the streets, in the cafeterias, in the halls of government, in….

I began to think of war, even so-called "good wars" like World War II, as corrupting everybody. Violence begetting violence. The good guys beginning ….

Diverse audiences can be just as misled as homogenous audiences..

We cannot create blueprint for future society, but it is good to think about that. It is good to have in mind a goal. It is constructive, it is helpf….

I think people are dazzled by Obama's rhetoric, and that people ought to begin to understand that Obama is going to be a mediocre president — which m….

And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested, not to be on the s….

If there is going to be change, real change, it will have to work its way from the bottom up, from the people themselves. That's how change happens..