A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

Nuclear power must be dealt with irrationally. . . . Nuclear plants are carcinogens. Let's get that story out. . . . Their lies will catch up to them. We need endless Chernobyl reminders.

People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.

National security is the fig leaf against freedom of information.

Militaristic foreign policy is destroying America.

Once you don't vote your ideals ... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.

The true danger is the expansion of empire and the huge diversion of public budgets overseas at the neglect of domestic necessities, including, for example, a major public works program to employ millions of people. The Democrats want that. The Republicans may be pressured from back home to want it, but it hasn't happened yet under the Obama administration.