The civil justice system is a backup system when the criminal justice system fails.

I don't like too much by-standing, on-looking, and spectator-behavior in people's lives.

The Israeli puppeteer travels to Washington and meets with the puppet in the White House. He then goes down Pennsylvania Avenue and meets with the puppets in Congress. The Israeli leader then 'brings back millions of dollars' in aid to Israel.

It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.

Business of blurring is fantastic. They both are playing the politics of avoidance. They avoid all the issues on corporate power, Iraq, Palestine, Israel, so on and so forth. They avoid all those. That's the politics of avoidance. All the major issues that are so much on people's minds - health care, living wage, public works, jobs - they avoid.

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'

We are practicing what we preach so that we may preach what we practice.