Collectivism Quote by George Will

I do not see how we can rationally oppose high speed rail because of the environmental and other costs without considering the social and…

— Noam Chomsky

We are the only major developed nation that isn't investing meaningfully in high-speed rail, and I believe we're making a mistake. Transportation systems that…

— Richard Florida

We seem to be committing ourselves to an eye wateringly expensive railroad for the few. High speed rail plan is madness.

— Mike Rutherford

There are so many different reasons as to why I love riding trains. But I think ultimately it's the romantic feeling of it. There's…

— Rosario Dawson

Many Americans have a romanticized view of trains, rooted in a bygone era of elaborately adorned rail cars lit by flickering gas lamps and…

— Alan Huffman

The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to…

— Anthony Albanese

The peculiar fascination which the speeding train has for us comes from the evident progress it is making toward its definite goal ahead.

— Roderick E. Stevens

Some people are born to trains, and some have trains thrust upon them. Fortunately, I can be included in this latter category.

— Michael Portillo

Trains are for meditation, for playing out long thought-processes, over and over; we trust them, perhaps because they have no choice but to go…

— Anonymous

“To know the everlasting majority attitude toward new uses of productive energy, remember that your great-grandfather did not believe that railroads were possible. At…

— Rose Wilder Lane

“Trains are beautiful. They take people to places they've never been, faster than they could ever go themselves. Everyone who works on trains knows…

— Sam Starbuck

America is ready for livable communities. America is ready for high-speed rail.

— Greg Abbott