Driven Quote by Terry Eagleton

Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives as they…

— James Madison

The future teachers I try to recruit are those show have refused to let themselves be neutered in this way, either in their private…

— Jonathan Kozol

People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open.

— Paulo Coelho

A kid thinks her mother is just that -- hers. A mother is also a woman, an independent being, who doesn't want to be…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

Public lives are lived out on the job and in the marketplace, where certain rules, conventions, laws, and social customs keep most of us…

— Robert Fulghum

Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science, and our leaders have lied about this consistently. [Arresting people for] medical marijuana is the…

— Peter McWilliams

I think the media has got into this Enquirer mentality. Years ago, legitimate press didn't really concern itself with sordid details of people's personal…

— Joan Jett

People are intrigued and fascinated, almost obsessed with the private lives of great public personalities.

— Geoffrey Rush

Poetry, for me, is the answer to, 'How does one stay sane when private lives are being ransacked by public events?' It's something that…

— Lisel Mueller

The Fourth Amendment is clear; we should be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects, and all warrants must have probable cause. Today…

— Ron Paul

There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted, the roots…

— Ronald Reagan

Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand for personal…

— Willie Nelson