First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to…

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

— Bill Vaughan

[Occupy Wall Street] had an impact on consciousness. It was not effective in realizing change.

— Edward Snowden

I locate a great deal of the power of Occupy Wall Street in the name itself, 'Occupy Wall Street,' or '#OccupyWallStreet.' It works because…

— Dana Spiotta

“Occupy Wall Street and the Free State Project were ostensibly leaderless organizations that eschewed new power hierarchies.”

— Nathaniel Popper

If Occupy Wall Street can see their way to more collaboration with the union movement, then there will be a great deal of political…

— David Harvey

The behavior of the Occupy Wall Street protesters has raised some curious questions about the continuing double standards in our society. When it comes…

— Jamie Glazov

Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as…

— Eric Alterman

Occupy Wall Street was a disorganized movement without a clear focus and power base - essential in any successful revolution - but the message…

— Janine di Giovanni

The rich get richer and the poor get the picture. I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great.

— Simon Baker

The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and inflame our longing for freedom.

— James A. Forbes

I believe strongly that Occupy Wall Street had such limits because the local authorities were able to enforce, basically in our imaginations, an image…

— Edward Snowden

Thank you, Occupy Wall Street. With your vivid example of anticapitalist squalor, I've been able to convince all three of my children to become…

— P. J. O'Rourke

In the past, liberals have competed to see who could shout the loudest to shut down the banks, ridicule success, and penalize anyone working…

— Richard Grenell

Occupy Wall Street is meant more as a way of life that spreads through contagion, creates as many questions as it answers, aims to…

— Douglas Rushkoff

To understand Occupy Wall Street, you have to understand artists. Art is freedom - freedom of expression - and its message has resonated through…

— Peter M. Brant