Accepting Quote by Thomas Frank

The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.

— Bob Barr

I did very much like [Barack] Obama's attack on fossil fuel subsidies for fossil fuel companies. We asked for that in demonstrations and petitions,…

— Bill McKibben

And it is the way with us that you may express disapproval of the sun or the moon, or anything you like, but God…

— Anton Chekhov

We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would except that it would put them on…

— Ann Coulter

To take on the forces of nationalism and populism, we need to rally a liberal movement that offers a positive, alternative vision for the…

— Jo Swinson

“For all my concerns, though, watching the Women’s March, I couldn’t help but be swept up in the joy of the moment and feel…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

You know the way Washington works. Once you start floating ideas, they are immediately attacked by all the different interest groups before the ideas…

— Judd Gregg

“Populism actually reinforces this elitism, because the celebration of ignorance cannot launch communications satellites, negotiate the rights of US citizens overseas, or provide for…

— Thomas M. Nichols

One of the sad things about this political season is that it allows [requires] us to get behind our big "Liberal" or "Conservative" banner…

— George Saunders

...dissent, protest, presures of a wide variety that escape elite control can modify the calculus of costs of planners, and offer a slight hope…

— Noam Chomsky

In the absence of specific solutions or evidence that we have people in Washington, D.C., who can make a significant difference... people will cling…

— Todd Young

The Citizen's Petition reflects Vermont's spirit of pragmatism and across-the-board cooperation. I applaud the 'Campaign to Fix the Debt' for calling attention to one…

— Peter Welch