There are good people, who are in politics - in both parties - who hold this at arm's length, because if they acknowledge it and recognize it, then the moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable.

I'm not trying to top anything. I'm trying to be useful, to play a positive role, to serve the public interest.

Well-established theories collapse under the weight of new facts and observations which cannot be explained, and then accumulate to the point where the once useful theory is clearly obsolete.

I strongly believe in the separation of church and state. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion, there is a better way.

The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences.

The 'well-informed citizenry is in danger of becoming the 'well-amused audience'.

The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children