Democracy requires that if you who don't like the outcome of elections you have to tolerate it and then pursue your interest the next time around.

Bush people didn't like him, and they never liked him. They didn't like him because they don't like democracy. They like you to have an election, but they like you to elect the people they want you to elect.

I think the business community knows that half the world's oil reserves are gone. All the low-hanging fruit has been picked, and now there's the scramble for what remains.

The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world: two million people. The country with one-twentieth of the world's population has one-fourth of those in prison.

Something is very, very wrong with American culture. The signs are everywhere. I think the country is in almost terminal descent.

I've never had any trouble opposing people I've been close to. I've never worried about offending or bothering people I feel strongly about.

I wanted to write and think. Activism is a displacing kind of passion.