The best, most solid place to stand as you look at our present situation is on a foundation of history. The Roman Empire, the British Empire, and the Nazi empire all have things in common.

I'm amazed at the adolescent nature of some of the religious fanatics in our government. And they're full of double standards.

Every time you opt in to kindness Make one connection, used to divide us It echoes all over the world

Sixties folk rock was my original muse and the folk audience-people who listen to music off the beaten track-fostered my career. I definitely don't want to abandon the genre but I also need to make sure I'm Dar Williams first.

The only word for love is everybody's name.

When people in government [make mistakes], they don't say, those people in the government. They say, we've got a problem to solve.

There was this moment in 2003 when I was asked to do a fundraiser for someone who was speaking out against the Iraq war when nobody was. I said, "I will do a fundraiser for that guy." And then my friend John Hall, from the band Orleans...He ran for Congress in my district and won. I did a bunch of fundraisers for him.