I don't like to feel intimidated by where I make a living.

I spent a lot of time studying our Founders and people like Samuel Adams and the original Tea Party. What Adams and the Sons of Liberty did in Boston was spread the word about the abuses of the British. They had Committees of Correspondence that got the word out to the colonies. We need Committees of Correspondence now, and we are getting them.

[People] felt good even though they didn't really know much about [Barack Obama] and may have had some doubts.

[A.J. Muste] was very influenced - in - influential in the peace movement, in the civil rights movement.

Allen Ginsberg was a remarkable guy. He was himself. He was an original.

I think one thing we share [with my wife] is a complete bottomless disdain for Bill Clinton.

We have no idea how much the government knows and how much the CIA even knows about average citizens. The government is not supposed to be doing this in this country. They listen in on our phone calls. I am not exaggerating because I have studied this a long time.