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Lyndon Johnson believed the poor deserved a better life than the economy was providing them. He thought private power and greed had to be checked by a vibrant democracy.

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War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.
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Imagination Self War
Journalism’s been a continuing course in adult education for me.
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Adults Continuing Journalism
Television can stir emotions, but it doesn’t invite reflection as much as the printed page.
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Pages Reflection Television
Theology asserts propositions that cannot be proven true; ideologues hold stoutly to a worldview despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality.
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Couple Reality Religion
It’s the people who are doing the nonviolent organizing at the grassroots that make me think there’s still hope.
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Grassroots People Thinking
Beauty is an expression of that rapture of being alive.
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Alive Beauty Expression
News is what people want to keep hidden and everything else is publicity.
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News People Want
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
Big money and big business, corporations and commerce, are again the undisputed overlords of politics and government.
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Government Running White
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
Democracy only works when we claim it as our own.
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Allow Claims Democracy People
They’re counting on your patriotism to distract you from their plunder. They’re counting on you to be standing at attention with your hand over your heart, pledging allegiance to the flag, while they pick your pocket!
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Hands Heart Over
Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom.
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Advice Giving Inspirational
…there is no more effective public interest watchdog in Washington, D.C.
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Integrity Interest Public Interest
The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.
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Democracy Media Quality
I’m the front man, I’m the man on camera, but there’s a whole team beyond me.
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Lyndon Johnson believed the poor deserved a better life than the economy was providing them. He thought private power and greed had to be checked by a vibrant democracy.

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