We [in USA] have people honestly believing that, if a president calls a war, you have to shut up and sing. That is not the nation my mother raised me to pledge my allegiance to. We should speak out. We sent thousands of Americans to foreign battlefields to protect our way of life, which includes free speech. If you're not going to use it, it's already lost. We'll find a Mussolini who will tell us what's good for us.
Phil Donahue[Asserting] important First Amendment rights ... why should [executions] be the one area that is conducted behind closed doors?... Why shouldn't executions be public?
Phil DonahueThere's a reason we seperate Church and State. The reason for the richness and the diversity of religion in this nation is because of the seperation of Church and State, and there are people out there who can't wait to make this nation a nation of one religion... THEIR religion.
Phil DonahueSome people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood.
Phil DonahueThe biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work.
Phil DonahueWhat really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow.
Phil DonahueThe system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.
Phil DonahueIs it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?
Phil DonahueTelevision is not the exclusive target of promoters. Is Superman really worthy of a Newsweek cover?
Phil DonahueI have been in the witness protection program for the last three weeks. I campaigned for Ralph Nader. I'm now living as a woman in Mississippi.
Phil DonahueA large psychic void is left by a loss of faith. So many Catholics have tried so many things to replace it.
Phil DonahueCindy Sheehan is one tough mother. And nothing you say or anyone else is gonna slow her down.
Phil DonahueThis is Sesame Street. A place where people, birds, monsters all live in perfect harmony.
Phil DonahueI was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.
Phil DonahueI could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that.
Phil DonahueThe House looks like more fun. It's like the Donahue show. The Senate is like one of those Sunday morning public service programs.
Phil DonahueI have had time to analyze my feelings. I am certain that they are totally neurotic, sexist, silly, and a big waste of time.
Phil DonahueI realize what you can do when you scare the population and how media contributes to that.
Phil DonahueRecognition should come to the reporter who uncovers public cheating or proves a convicted man innocent.
Phil DonahueScience may have come a long way, but as far as religion is concerned, we are first cousins to the !Kung tribesmen of the Kalahari Desert. Except for the garments, their deep religious trances might just as well be happening at a revival meeting or in the congregation of a fundamentalist TV preacher.... As we move further from the life of ignorance and superstition in which religion has its roots, we seem to need it more and more.... Why has religion become a force just when we'd have thought it would be losing ground to secularism?
Phil DonahueSpanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.
Phil DonahueOprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.
Phil DonahueThe establishment people tell us that if the workers wanted to share the profits, it was called communism. When management wants to share profits, it's called a bonus.
Phil DonahuePresenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.
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