Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part…

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Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make...

Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make...

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.

The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the...

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the...

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon...

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon...

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians...

What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians...

It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster...

It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster...

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level -...

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level -...

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the...

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the...

The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.

The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.

If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you...

If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you...

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can...

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can...

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But...

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But...

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay...

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay...

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as...

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as...

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's...

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's...