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When I was growing up, I never heard anyone pray, “Give me this day my daily bread.” It was always, “Give us this day our daily bread.” That stuck. We’re all in this together.

Bill Moyers

I take “We, the People” seriously because I don’t know how we build a civilization without reciprocity.
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Civilization People Reciprocity
This “degenerate and unlovely age,” as one historian calls it, exists in the mind of Karl Rove the reputed brain of George W. Bush as the seminal age of inspiration for politics and governance of America today.
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Degenerate Governance Politics Seminal
Hyperbole was to Lyndon Johnson what oxygen is to life.
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Country Hyperbole Johnson Oxygen
Television is a medium. It is neither rare nor well done.
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Done Fun Television
Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom.
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Advice Giving Inspirational
You can’t have a people’s democracy as long as corporations are considered people.
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Democracy Long People
I was not a public – I was not a thinker. I was a doer.
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Doers Public Thinkers
Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table.
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Charity Justice Tables
Although our interests as citizens vary, each one is an artery to the heart that pumps life through the body politic, and each is important to the health of democracy.
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Democracy Heart Voting
Our media and political system has turned into a mutual protection racket.
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Media Political Protection
In uniform patriotism can salute one flag only, embrace but the first circle of life – one’s own land and tribe. In war that is necessary, in peace it is not enough.
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Circles Enough Land Tribe War
We don’t care really about children as a society and television reflects that indifference to children as human beings.
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Care Children Television
The delusional is no longer marginal.
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Delusional Marginal People Person
The most encouraging sign is that 71 percent of the public believe the system is profoundly corrupted by the power of money. Ninety-six percent of the people believe it’s “important” that we reduce the influence of money.
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Believe People Thinking
Our great progressive struggles have been waged to make sure ordinary citizens, and not just the rich and privileged, share in the benefits of a free society.
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Citizen Ordinary Struggle
For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.
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First Firsts Monopoly Time

When I was growing up, I never heard anyone pray, “Give me this day my daily bread.” It was always, “Give us this day our daily bread.” That stuck. We’re all in this together.

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When I was growing up, I never heard anyone pray, “Give me this day my daily bread.” It was always, “Give us this day our daily bread.” That stuck. We’re all in this together.

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