If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer...When I was… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Big money buys access in Washington, and access purchases influence. It is as simple as that. And they have basically given a… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
There are these two strands, the Dionysian and the Appollonian, and in the same theater grew up from these folks who during… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
We live today in a world where most of the really important developments in everything from math and physics and astronomy to… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
When Laura Poitras asked me if she could film our encounters, I was extremely reluctant. I'm grateful that I allowed her to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There is nothing beyond the reach of ordinary citizens doing the daily work of democracy, and no problem too great to tackle… — Joan Claybrook Copy Share Image
From the time of the Revolutionary War, when citizens stood forward to defend their liberties against the depredations of tyranny. All the… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Our great progressive struggles have been waged to make sure ordinary citizens, and not just the rich and privileged, share in the… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
[T]he strike is inherently dangerous to the rich, and to the corporations who have brought this country to her knees, because it… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
In a word, removing control farther away from the ordinary citizen and taxpayer is tantamount to giving the intelligent, far-sighted and public… — Edward Alsworth Ross Copy Share Image
The importance of the ordinary citizen is very greatly underestimated - not so much by those in authority as by the ordinary… — Jan Struther Copy Share Image
If we want to keep farmers in business, it's time for all of us, ordinary citizens and policy makers alike, to begin… — Joan Dye Gussow Copy Share Image
Is this not true--That in proportion to the value of their estates the extremely wealthy pay far less taxes than those of… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image