Closing Quote by Jimmy Dore

Here's the dilemma of the modern age: There used to be actions that workers could take, in the form of a strike. But now,…

— Lynn Nottage

See, locking people up who present no real danger to society isn't just unfair to those people and those who love them. It is,…

— Kat Timpf

“A key to understanding why Lockdown America rises today is to consider our present system of punishment, particularly U.S. mass incarceration and police repression,…

— Mark Lewis Taylor

Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.

— George Clooney

The political disfunction that has brought about the shutdown and now threatens default, isn't so much gridlock. It is exposing the fatal flaw in…

— Chris Hayes

I mean, the idea of a government shutdown, it's a consequence of our system.

— Dan Crenshaw

Locking people up without reducing the risk of them committing new crimes against new victims the minute they get out does not make for…

— Kenneth Clarke

A government shutdown is inexcusable.

— Darlene Senger

Small businesses provide 75 percent of new U.S. jobs and are the backbone of our economy, and no outdated ban should be keeping small…

— Sue Kelly

Government shutdowns are so stupid. From my perspective, somebody who's been in government, been in the military, worked with federal government workers in the…

— Amy McGrath

Every day Big Government heaps demands and restrictions upon businesses that sink some enterprises, cause others to direct resources away from serving customers and…

— Joel Miller

The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.

— Eduardo Galeano