I report the assault on nature evidenced in coal mining that tears the tops off mountains and dumps them into rivers, sacrificing the health and lives of those in the river valleys to short-term profit.
BILL MOYERSWatching the debate this afternoon it was apparent they loved term limits in the House – as Brutus loved Caesar.
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Charity is commendable; everyone should be charitable. But justice aims to create a social order in which, if individuals choose not to be charitable, people still don’t go hungry, unschooled or sick without care.
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How do we protect the soul of democracy against bad theology in service of an imperial state?
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America is the longest argument in the world.
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As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I’ve thought everyone is a teacher.
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Standing up to your government can mean standing up for your country.
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The President may not be listening, but the Senate is, and the public won this round. The House has a similar resolution under consideration.
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Rockefeller was born to it, and he has made the most of it. But what some critics see as a vast international conspiracy, he considers a circumstance of life and just another day’s work… In the world of David Rockefeller it’s hard to tell where business ends and politics begins
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I take “We, the People” seriously because I don’t know how we build a civilization without reciprocity.
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Jon Stewart is a remarkable satirist and parodist in the vein of Mark Twain, because Jon Stewart understands what Mark Twain knew, which is that the truth goes down more easily in a democracy when it’s marinated in humor.
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Plutocracy too long tolerated leaves democracy on the auction block, subject to the highest bidder.
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Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom.
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Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story and it’s time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself.
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We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do.
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There is a historic strain of dominion theology which says, taking its references from the Psalms, that man is made just a little lower than God, and that we are the crown of creation.
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Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table.
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