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What is a political party but a conspiracy?

One day we'll have a system that includes the rights of the people to make money and keep it, rather than a system where you can vote for the fox or the wolf, but there's no little box that endorses the chickens. Our time will come, you can be sure of that.

Democracy is our most valuable possession. Upholding it is our duty and our responsibility. This means a continuous, decisive and self-confident argument; it means effort and endeavor to reach compromise and long-lasting consensus. These form the cornerstones of the only form of political system that can guarantee freedom.

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.

If we dwell in a community that is comfortable, then it's probably not broad enough a coalition.

When it comes to the news, the corporate view is `objective,' all else is propaganda.

Polls are the corporate media's standardized tests to determine how well we have learned what it has taught us.

Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.

The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny.

Every American should have absolute control over his or her personal information

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

The word 'radical' derives from the Latin word for root. Therefore, if you want to get to the root of anything you must be radical. It is no accident that the word has now been totally demonized.

We have allowed corporations to decide the fate of the cities. We hardly speak of democratic development.

I think the very concept of an elite commission deciding for the American people who deserves to be heard is profoundly wrong.

We know how to punish retailers and manufacturers that don't provide quality and value. But we're lousy at fighting effectively for what we really need - reliable insurance policies; affordable health care; safe, healthy food.

A news conference is a device by which the establishment keeps large numbers of reporters from covering the news every place else.

It's too much show business and too much prompting, too much artificiality, and not really debates. They're rehearsed appearances.

The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation.

For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and this must stop.

My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just

A country in which 42% of the population is totally misinformed is not a country where democracy is safe.