“My conscience won't let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America. And shoot them for what? They never called me nigger, they never lynched me, they didn't put no dogs on me, they didn't rob me of my nationality, rape and kill my mo…”— Muhammad Ali, youtube.com
“I am still amazed at the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger to governor—a man who has never held political office and who participated in only one serious debate. It is a disturbing sign in any nation when politics have become so inefficient and corrupt that the people turn to an outsider as ‘strong…”— Camille Paglia, salon.com
“But that's the challenge -- to change the system more than it changes you.”— Michael Pollan, amazon.com
“A great nation is judged not by how many millionaires it has, not by how many nuclear weapons it has, but how it treats the weakest and most vulnerable amongst us.”— Bernie Sanders, nytimes.com
“In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue. It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about. That’s not keeping it real or telling it like it is. That’s not challenging political correctness. That’s just not knowing what you’re talking about.”— Barack Obama, vox.com
“I was reminded that Trump was still fundamentally a real estate developer with exactly zero previous campaign experience, who had gotten this far by spending only a fraction of what his opponents had and against the wishes of his party — who was as new to the idea of a Trump candidacy as the rest of…”— Robert Draper, nytimes.com
“It was the day before the New York primary, and Trump sat in the front of the eight-seater plane. 'I have to think about my speech now,' he told me, and began composing one on the spot. He leafed through various talking points and issue memos, from which he culled a few ideas that he then scribbled…”— Robert Draper, nytimes.com
“The candidate took in the good news with an oddly inert expression. 'Maybe I’ll get beat tomorrow,' he said, for at least the third time that day. Not a single poll had given him cause for worry. But for all his swagger, Trump had an awareness of unseen, deal-breaking contingencies that held his tri…”— Robert Draper, nytimes.com
“It is a soft, forgiving culture. Only in the Philippines could a leader like Ferdinand Marcos, who pillaged his country for over 20 years, still be considered for a national burial. Insignificant amounts of the loot have been recovered, yet his wife and children were allowed to return and engage in…”— Lee Kuan Yew, philstar.com
“I am lowering taxes far more than any other candidate. Any negotiated increase by Congress to my proposal would still be lower than current!”— Donald Trump, twitter.com
“I REALLY want Donald Trump to win the election. Trump is an asshole but he's not been groomed and programmed on some mkultra tip to DO and SAY what the establishment wants him to. Trump just wants the U.S to be lavish for all of us. I can fuck with that.”— Azealia Banks, hollywoodreporter.com
“The GOP is going to nominate for President a guy who reads the National Enquirer and thinks it’s on the level.”— Mark Salter, washingtonpost.com
“Indiana further confirmed the ‘stop Trump’ efforts didn’t work and spending even more resources in an effort to keep him from the nomination will just be expensive political therapy or theatre at this point.”— Tim Pawlenty, washingtonpost.com
“If this is one of those moments in history where for various reasons the party has to play out nominating someone who is completely unelectable . . . so be it.”— Stuart Stevens, washingtonpost.com
“My friends, I am the son of a Polish immigrant who came to this country speaking no English, and having no money. My father worked everyday of his life, and he never made a whole lot. My Mom and Dad, and brother and I grew up in a small three and a half room, rent controlled apartment in Brooklyn, N…”— Bernie Sanders, washingtonpost.com
“In a world of so much violence and killing, I just don’t believe that government itself should be part of the killing”— Bernie Sanders, huffingtonpost.com
“But our democracy might work a bit better if we recognized that all of us possess values that are worthy of respect: if liberals at least acknowledged that the recreational hunter feels the same way about his gun as they feel about their library books, and if conservatives recognized that most women…”— Barack Obama, amazon.com