I hope I make people feel better. I hope I take people out of their situations a little bit and make them happier. That's really why I do what I do.
If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
I agree that there are things that should be kept secret.
Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.
It is urgent to prevent new U. S. aggression. The time is now for the world to say 'no' to U. S. threats of air attack against Iran, and to the very notion of a nuclear first-use 'option' by America or any other nation.
My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was 14, the overriding objective of my life has been to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war.
Those of us who finally saw through the Vietnam war saw through this war, and all the actions that were necessary to end the Vietnam war will be necessary here. I think the American people will get us out of this war.
Ugliness is more inventive than beauty. Beauty always follows certain camps. I think it's more amusing - ugliness - than beauty.
Cool is the emotional straightjacket. It makes us less available for connection which makes us less equipped for leadership roles.
TV can play a role in delivering that emotion as well as the obvious ability to reach a lot of people quickly with that message.
He [Hugo Chavez] put poverty at the heart of political debate. Rightly so, given the country's immense inequality and poverty. He invested heavily in social programs such as literacy, health clinics, and education. He promoted Venezuela's indigenous culture and urged compatriots to take pride in its pre-Columbian history. He called time on the US treating Latin America as its backyard.