The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio, the left’s on the Internet and they just reinforce one another. They have no sense of reality. I have now one ambition: to retire before it becomes essential to tweet.
BARNEY FRANKThey appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more outraged that they won’t be able to be outraged anymore.
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I do not believe that the federal government should treat adults who choose to smoke marijuana as criminals.
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Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about.
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We don’t get ourselves dry cleaned.
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Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
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What’s troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.
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I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.
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I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people’s rights to get married, join the Army, and earn a living as a terribly inspiring revolutionary platform.
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Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources which reinforce their opinions and give them the facts that they want to hear.
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I believe it is a good thing to get rid of Gaddafi. But does America have to do everything?
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Take free speech: most of the tough cases on free speech involve very unpleasant people saying very obnoxious things.
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NATO was a wonderful idea. It was formed in 1949. We are as far away from NATO as NATO was when it was done in time from the presidency of Grover Cleveland.
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Disruption never helps your cause. … It just looks like you’re afraid to have rational discussion.
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I will tell you, I’m a lousy cook, but I think I’m a pretty good judge of a good meal.
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I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people may like or dislike, and people who physically impose themselves on children or misuse their authority to impose on children.
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But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects – that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. – some of the previous supporters reconsidered.
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