Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful.

I spoke at the University of Georgia, and a whole contingent of Tea Party people in Hell's Angels regalia came in and sat in the front and scowled at me while I gave my talk. And afterwards the head of the group got to the microphone and said, I'm surprised that I agree with almost everything you said, but I'm worried that you're a big government guy.

Politicians are conservative by nature.

You can be disappointed but only if you thought [Barack Obama] was something that he said he wasn't!

The massive anti-war movement, which I was a part of and which was a major part of my life, never stopped the war in Vietnam.

We have sex education - I'm for it, I'm not against it. But any curriculum should recognize that it's young people's job to invent it themselves. You're not going to teach them; they're going to reinvent it.

We should open our eyes, see what's in front of us, and act.