The Bush administration doesn't particularly like public participation. It makes them look bad.
Ted HughesThe Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. How far had he walked? Nobody knows. Where did he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. Taller than a house the Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff, at the very brink, in the darkness.
Ted HughesAnd that's how we measure out our real respect for peopleโby the degree of feeling they can register, the voltage of life they can carry and tolerateโand enjoy. End of sermon. As Buddha says: live like a mighty river. And as the old Greeks said: live as though all your ancestors were living again through you.
Ted Hughes