Everyone's heard about the military-industrial complex, but they know very little about the medical-industrial complex...(in) a medical arms race.

I reject get-it-done, make-it-happen thinking. I want to slow things down so I understand others better.

Inaction may be the biggest form of action.

President Trump is boldly moving in what I would call rather extreme directions. And that is going to set into motion a reaction, and it already has... He builds the strength on the other side to combat climate change.

The whole Jeffersonian ideal was that people are temporarily in government. Government is not the basic reality. People are. The private sector. And government is just a limited power to make things go better.

"Jobs for every American" is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so every single American has the dignity and the wherewithal for shelter, basic food, and medical care. I'm talking about welfare for all. Without it, you're going to have warfare for all.

I question whether we can afford to teach mother macramé when Johnny still can't read.