We have no basis for having a recall of any particular type of voting equipment because there are no standards. And when we do have standards, even these standards are required to be voluntary.

Democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens.

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them.

I was the Secretary of State of New Jersey in November 2000. I paid careful attention to the challenges that stemmed from inadequate voting systems in various places.

And if we were another country being analyzed by America, we would conclude that this country is ripe for stealing elections and for fraud.

When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure.

And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power.

It's an embarrassment that we don't have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place.

A poet can imagine an iceberg singing a melancholic song while the world leaders find it difficult to imagine proper solution to global warming.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Tears don't bring people back." Pain stabs from my chest to my fingertips."Tears aren't for the people we've lost. They are for us. So that we can remember and celebrate and miss them and feel human.

Encouragements are persuasive words.

I'm thrilled I have the opportunity to do the Spread show and have the terrific sponsors that we work with like Nikon or Verizon.

We're fifteen to twenty years out of date in how we think about renewables.

Mostly birthmarks is what I learned about Sandra Bullock that I wasn't aware of.

Some day everyone will find out everyone else's comp, if it's all over the place, it will be a complete meltdown disaster

[Nathalie Rykiel] knows by heart the genetic codes of the brand, and she also has a very contemporary and creative opinions about it.