“Politics is about the improvement of people's lives, lessening human suffering, advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and in the world.”— Paul Wellstone, amazon.com
“Its hard to find somebody in politics with the courgae to go against what's popular and do what they believe what will help people improve their lives.”— Charles Koch, youtube.com
“To have a free society it needs to be based on— you succeed by helping others improve their lives.”— Charles Koch, youtube.com
“These regulations setup a more static economy. So those that are in business are protected.”— Charles Koch, youtube.com
“The estimates I've seen is out of the $15 trillion economy, probably this corporate welfare and cronyism is costing the economy about $5 trillion.”— Charles Koch, youtube.com
“This two tiered society creates wellfare for the wealthy. And creates obsticles to opportunities to the disadvantaged.”— Charles Koch, youtube.com
“Apple, which has come under major criticism for building much of its popular products in China, announced a sweeping set of moves partially tied to the recent tax bill, including paying $38 billion in taxes from profits made overseas and opening a second corporate campus.”— Jefferson Graham, usatoday.com
“The mass of people in our economic system are required to live with the consequences of the decisions made by the corporate leaderships. Decisions for which they are excluded. Legally and in practice.”— Richard D. Wolff, youtube.com
“The human race, if it wanted liberty, equality, fraternity and democracy. Would have to demise a system other and different than capitalism.”— Richard D. Wolff, youtube.com
“Capitalism has always had people who love it and people who hate it.”— Richard D. Wolff, youtube.com
“From 1929 - 1941, The United States had unemployment rates hovering around 20% to 25%, that's 5-6 times the unemployment we have now. And the unemployment we have now is a problem.”— Richard D. Wolff, youtube.com
“Economics have been what philosophers call an agonistic field. A place in which different ways of understanding the economy contest with one another.”— Richard D. Wolff, youtube.com
“I don’t think Americans are ready, psychologically, for how fast China is gong to overtake us as a world power on the current course.”— Matthew Yglesias, twitter.com
“So if there’s a message I have to give, it is that I found one overriding thing about my personal election. It’s the fact that if a gay person can be elected, it’s a green light.”— Harvey Milk, mfa.org
“I will never forget what it was like coming out and having nobody to look up toward.”— Harvey Milk, mfa.org
“The first gay people we elect must be strong. They must not be content to sit in the back of the bus. They must not be content to accept pabulum.”— Harvey Milk, mfa.org
“A gay person in office can set a tone, can command respect, not only from the larger community, but from the young people in our own community who need both examples and hope.”— Harvey Milk, mfa.org
“And the time has come when the gay community must not be judged for our criminals and our myths. Like every other group, we must be judged by our leaders and by those who are themselves gay, those who are visible.”— Harvey Milk, mfa.org
“Unless you have dialogue, unless you open the walls of dialogue, you can never reach to change people’s opinion.”— Harvey Milk, mfa.org