Democracy cannot function just on who do we fear the most, you know, or who do we hate the most; we need an affirmative agenda.

Instead of bailing out Wall Street for the fourth time.. let's bail out the students.

Pay attention America. Third party might not win it this year, but we could be seeing the shift away from a two party system unfolding.

It's not possible to solve the climate crisis while we continue to expand fracking.

We cannot simultaneously fight terrorism, we and our allies, while with the other hand we fund terrorism, arm terrorism and train terrorism.

Moving to 100 percent renewable energy means we no longer need and can no longer justify wars for oil.

The corporate-powered parties are not gonna do it for us, not the greater or the lesser evil. We have to do it for ourselves. And the minute we stand up and stand together, we are unstoppable.

I think that equality needs to be broadened to include equal access to comprehensive healthcare, equal access to jobs, and equal rights in the workplace.

There is no such thing as a survivable or local nuclear war.

I think it would be a disaster if Donald Trump is elected. It will also be a disaster if Hillary Clinton is elected.

In this country, we not only have a right to vote, we have a right to know who we can vote for.

There is no love in bullying the weak. There is no love in bullying the strong.

You aren't allowed to feel special, but no one knows the specific ways you are in pain.

Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.

All the great spiritual traditions have placed major emphasis upon meditation as a path to personal growth.

I hope it won't take long.

At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.

The underlying intellectual argument for seeking to tax economic rents retains its force.

Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you.

I have been to Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street but cannot get on the BBC. I am very disappointed because it boils down to snobbery.

Bring together things that have as yet never been brought together and did not seem predisposed to be so.