Rauner stands silent as Trump assaults our basic rights.

We were wrong every time we stayed silent when the Trump administration tried to tear us apart.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

Republicans remain silent because Trump is doing what they want - lowering taxes on the rich, eviscerating regulations, bulldozing the environment, and insisting that…

— Richard Cohen

“The late-afternoon light was thick and orange and she passed four different couples taking photos of themselves on the same cobblestoned block, all their…

— Catherine Lacey

The Icesave matter is complex and it is understandable that the issue has been oversimplified by many. Unfortunately some of the basic facts of…

— Johanna Siguroardottir

I think it's impossible to maintain a good, strong, muscular physique without taking some supplements. Between the protein shakes and the multivitamins that I…

— Joseph Gatt

Had Elizabeth Bennet known how wildly Darcy's heart beat for her, 'Pride and Prejudice' would barely have made it into a short story. Their…

— Mariella Frostrup

We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls, e-mails and visits from parents. The law…

— Anonymous

With post offices and postal workers already on the ground, USPS could partner with banks to make a critical difference for millions of Americans…

— Elizabeth Warren

During three decades from 1947 to 1977, the nation implemented what might be called a basic bargain with American workers. Employers paid them enough…

— Robert Reich

Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the Constitution off…

— Joe Wurzelbacher

I firmly believe that if members of Congress fail to perform their most basic duty in passing a budget, then they do not deserve…

— Kurt Schrader

Once I get out onstage, it's the same sort of basic production that it is anywhere else. But I might be a little bit…

— Phoebe Snow

I'm not very interested in people. I recognize it in myself - there is a basic indifference toward people.

— Joan Didion

The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran…

— Cynthia P. Schneider

It turns out that this part of the brain is one of the first areas that's attacked by Alzheimer's disease. So we can now…

— John O'Keefe