The original Greek word "idiotes" referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused exclusively on their own life and were both ignorant of and uncaring about public concerns and the common good.

Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

America was not built by conformists, but by mutineers.

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But I soon figured out that three left turns do.

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever in getting together and having discussions. They want to hear about other viewpoints that differ entirely from what the administration is putting out.

The media isn't only asleep; it doesn't want to know the news, that the people are revolting, in the very best sense of the term, revolting against the thieves in high places and reaching out to each other, which is our great strength. When you can draw that many people, you've got something going. You don't have to worry if the guys in suits are going to put it on the front page or not.