A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn't going to strike…

A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn't going to strike, but rather a slow seepage of oppressive laws and regulations from within will sink…

— Anonymous

“Sometimes tyranny isn't so subtle or creative.”

— Steven Wood Collins

Ted Kennedy's inspiration will loom large over our politics for years to come, uplift us in the healthcare fight, and help to achieve his…

— Christine Pelosi

Here in America, just as we see such incredible progress happening in one state, we see another state passing absolutely disgusting and oppressive laws…

— Gaby Hoffmann

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive…

— Anonymous

It has always seemed to me that the social order was implicit in the very nature of things, and required nothing more from the…

— Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

When I speak about the "tyranny of choice," I mean an ideology that originates in the era of post-industrial capitalism. It began with the…

— Renata Salecl

So many Korean Americans like me came to this country with the hope of achieving their own American Dream.

— Michelle Steel

By disgracing and degrading the presidency of the United States, by fleeing the White House like a diseased cur, Richard Nixon broke the heart…

— Hunter S. Thompson

We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.

— Ted Cruz

I want people to know where I come from. I think I have come really far from that, and I did it on my…

— AJ Lee

Our families and our homes are the center of American life, Everything we do is to make those homes-and the lives in them-more beautiful,…

— Martha Stewart

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for…

— Tom Coburn

Are we a nation of guarantees or are we a nation of opportunities to achieve the American dream?

— Bob McDonnell

I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,…

— Bruce Springsteen