We must demand a more civil tone and tenor in our politics.

I don't have to come back politically, but I would like to do something that will help the people of Thailand. There must be…

— Thaksin Shinawatra

I have loved the Department of Justice ever since, as a young boy, I watched Robert Kennedy prove during the Civil Rights Movement how…

— Eric Holder

Any new legal measures, or cooperative arrangements between government and companies meant to keep people from organizing violence or criminal actions, must not be…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely - leave marriages to the churches. And grant…

— Gary Johnson

Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and understandable, even to those who came from…

— Jim Webb

Whatever the reasons may be, I was very much affected by events of the 1930s - the Spanish Civil War, for example, though I…

— Noam Chomsky

I wrote my first script, which was 50 pages, at age 15. It was about two brothers in love with the same nurse while…

— Cary Fukunaga

In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation…

— Harri Holkeri

I was a child during the Lebanese civil war, and I remember Israeli bombardments. So growing up, my view of Israel was completely negative.…

— Ziad Doueiri

I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union.

— Betty Hill

In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and her kids. They passed…

— Edward P. Jones

We are losing each day an average 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more. If this is not civil war, then…

— Iyad Allawi

Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

— Thomas Perez

Civil servants take forever to do anything.

— Joseph Wambaugh

Using a broad brushstroke, I think Libertarian - most of America are socially accepting and fiscally responsible. I'm in that category. I think, broadly…

— Gary Johnson